# Feds file 264 immigration cases in Texas in one week

> Federal prosecutors charged alleged smugglers and illegal aliens with serious crimes including child sex offenses and armed robbery.
- Title: Feds file 264 immigration cases in Texas in one week
- Summary: Federal prosecutors charged alleged smugglers and illegal aliens with serious crimes including child sex offenses and armed robbery. In a single week…
- Keywords: federal prosecution, immigration enforcement, texas, border patrol, alien smuggling, illegal re-entry, ice, operation take back america, west texas, central texas, child sex crimes, armed robbery
- Source: Dallas Express — https://dallasexpress.com/crime/feds-file-264-immigration-cases-against-alleged-smugglers-and-illegal-aliens-in-one-week
- Author: Dallas Express
- Published: 2026-09-20T22:00:48+00:00
- Read time: 2 min
- Topics: federal prosecution, immigration enforcement, texas, border patrol, alien smuggling, illegal re-entry, ice, operation take back america, west texas, central texas, child sex crimes, armed robbery
## 264 cases filed in one week
Federal prosecutors in West and Central Texas filed 264 immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from September 11 through September 17. The charges include alleged alien smugglers and illegal aliens with prior convictions for serious crimes.
## Illegal alien charged with firearm possession
Jose Ramiro Ramirez Nunez, an illegal alien from Mexico, was charged with illegal alien in possession of a firearm after a trooper found an unloaded .40-caliber pistol and two loaded magazines in his vehicle in Guadalupe County.
## Deported sex offender caught re-entering
Jose Enrique Vasquez-Nicolas, deported in June 2025 after serving five years for two counts of sexual assault of a child, was arrested in El Indio and charged with illegal re-entry.
## Armed robber deported, arrested again
Yoni Donay Hernandez-Orellana, a Honduran illegal alien deported in October 2025, was arrested near Eagle Pass with prior convictions for common law robbery in North Carolina and robbery with a dangerous weapon.
## Repeat offender with four DWI convictions
Jose Luis Saldana-Barrios, an illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested in Fort Hancock with two active warrants and charged with illegal re-entry. His record includes a 2015 aggravated assault conviction, a fourth DWI conviction in 2016, and removal in 2017.
## U.S. citizens charged with alien smuggling
Pedro Damian Torres admitted picking up five illegal aliens and receiving $600 per person. Lawrence Joshua Lucero faces smuggling charges after arranging to pick up two illegal aliens and has prior convictions for human smuggling, drug trafficking, and child abuse.
## Operation Take Back America
The cases are part of Operation Take Back America, a March 2025 initiative directing federal prosecutors and law enforcement to target illegal immigration, cartels, transnational criminal organizations, drug trafficking, and human smuggling.
## Key takeaway

In a single week, federal prosecutors in West and Central Texas filed 264 immigration cases targeting smugglers and deportees with violent criminal histories.