A 10-day immigration enforcement operation in Texas concluded on October 29 with the arrest of 4,170 undocumented immigrants, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
The "Lone Star Mission," which ran from October 19 to 29, coordinated enforcement activity across five Texas field offices in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, and Harlingen. Among those arrested were people with criminal histories including murder, sexual assault, drunk driving, and human smuggling, the agency said.
Specific cases highlighted by the department included Javier Hernandez Alcon, deported twice previously, arrested October 20 in Liberty with convictions for burglary and illegal reentry and an arrest for capital murder; Orlando Aguilar, arrested October 24 in Dallas with convictions for felony intoxication assault with a vehicle and driving while intoxicated; Ramon Antonio Martinez, arrested October 23 in Houston, wanted in Honduras in connection with an alleged killing; Gerardo Daniel Rivera-Rivera, arrested October 24 in Zapata County with convictions for felony sexual assault and illegal reentry; and Victor Manuel Macias-Castro, a La Linea Cartel member arrested October 22 in El Paso with convictions for conspiracy related to transporting aliens, illegal entry, and illegal reentry.