In Houston ICE gets Hot Against MS-13
Feds: Two more MS-13 gang members arrested in Houston
04:02 PM CDT on Friday, July 15, 2005
From 11 News Staff Reports
HOUSTON -- Two more MS-13 gang members are in custody, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Houston.
William Orlando Lima-Hernandez, 25, a citizen of Guatemala, was picked up at a construction sight off Kirkwood Dr. in Houston. ICE agents say records show he is here illegally and has been deported before.
Luis Alfredo Garcia-Calderon, 25, a citizen of El Salvador, was arrested Monday when he was unable to provide U.S. Customs agents with the proper documentation during a routine checkpoint inspection while on a bus headed for Corpus Christi, Texas.
Officers say both admitted that they had affiliations to the MS-13 gangs, and were in the country illegally.
ICE agents arrested the suspects as part of an ongoing national initiative called Operation Community Shield, designed to combat the violence in communities associated with street gangs.
“We will continue to use our immigration laws as a tool to remove these gang members from the United States,” said Bob Rutt, ICE’s special agent-in-charge. “We will not let known gang members from other countries to sneak into the U.S. to avoid prosecution in their native countries.”
ICE has gathered thousands of names of known and suspected gang members from state and local law enforcement, and is comparing those names against immigration databases to determine immigration status and deportability. ICE can also investigate the money laundering, narcotics smuggling, financial crimes and other cross-border crimes typically committed by street gangs.
To date, Operation Community Shield has led to the arrest of hundreds of alleged gang members nationwide, including more than 400 alleged members of the violent street gang Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13.
04:02 PM CDT on Friday, July 15, 2005
From 11 News Staff Reports
HOUSTON -- Two more MS-13 gang members are in custody, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Houston.
William Orlando Lima-Hernandez, 25, a citizen of Guatemala, was picked up at a construction sight off Kirkwood Dr. in Houston. ICE agents say records show he is here illegally and has been deported before.
Luis Alfredo Garcia-Calderon, 25, a citizen of El Salvador, was arrested Monday when he was unable to provide U.S. Customs agents with the proper documentation during a routine checkpoint inspection while on a bus headed for Corpus Christi, Texas.
Officers say both admitted that they had affiliations to the MS-13 gangs, and were in the country illegally.
ICE agents arrested the suspects as part of an ongoing national initiative called Operation Community Shield, designed to combat the violence in communities associated with street gangs.
“We will continue to use our immigration laws as a tool to remove these gang members from the United States,” said Bob Rutt, ICE’s special agent-in-charge. “We will not let known gang members from other countries to sneak into the U.S. to avoid prosecution in their native countries.”
ICE has gathered thousands of names of known and suspected gang members from state and local law enforcement, and is comparing those names against immigration databases to determine immigration status and deportability. ICE can also investigate the money laundering, narcotics smuggling, financial crimes and other cross-border crimes typically committed by street gangs.
To date, Operation Community Shield has led to the arrest of hundreds of alleged gang members nationwide, including more than 400 alleged members of the violent street gang Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13.
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