The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) captured a convicted murderer from Mexico during an Operation Lone Star traffic stop in Laredo on September 25.
DPS Criminal Investigations Division Special Agents and Troopers stopped a black Chevrolet Malibu around 9 a.m. near San Luis and Monterrey Street. The driver, Gregorio Denova-Cantu, 51, was identified as an illegal immigrant from Mexico.
Investigators determined Denova-Cantu was an aggravated deported felon who reentered the United States after serving 18 years in prison for murder. He is also a confirmed ranking member of the Hermandad de Pistoleros Latinos gang.
Denova-Cantu was arrested and convicted in 2004 of murder and engaging in organized crime, serving his sentence at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison in Huntsville. After completing his sentence, he was deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2023.
Following his arrest last week, DPS transferred Denova-Cantu to ICE custody.