Federal immigration authorities in Texas deported convicted child sex offenders, announced a mass raid on a Dallas strip club, and then largely went silent as a lapse in federal funding shuttered many of their public communications.

Most of the official accounts for border sector chiefs and local Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field offices stopped posting at midnight on September 30. Many carried notices in their biographies that read in part, “NOTICE: This account will not be actively managed during the lapse in federal funding. We will not respond or update until after funding is enacted,” as the account for @USBPChiefDRT stated.

Before the shutdown, ICE officials in Texas highlighted a series of operations they claimed targeted dangerous offenders.

1. CHILD SEX OFFENDERS REMOVED

ICE Houston announced it deported Sergio Torres, described as a four-time deported criminal alien convicted twice for child sex offenses, along with Ronaldo Munoz, a man convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a minor under the age of 14. The agency said the two were removed to Mexico on September 26.

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The account added in a follow-up statement, “ICE will continue to protect public safety by removing dangerous criminal aliens like these 2 from our communities, regardless of the divisive political rhetoric coming from groups bent on undermining our ability to carry out our legitimate immigration enforcement mission.”

ICE also listed Munoz on its “Worst of the Worst” offenders page. The agency described him as a 36-year-old violent sexual predator from Mexico convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14 in Dallas County, where he was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

2.  Escaped Prisoner Nabbed

ICE San Antonio’s X account announced the arrest of a wanted escaped prisoner in the US on September 26.

The post read, “ICE San Antonio arrested Hugo Alfonso Vega-Garcia, a 42-year-old Mexican illegal alien, who escaped from a Mexican prison in 2012. He illegally entered the U.S. at an unknown date and location. Great work by @EROSanAntonio officers and @HSI_SanAntonio agents.”

No further information is available as of the time of this writing.

3. DALLAS STRIP CLUB RAID

In Dallas, Homeland Security Investigations announced that a late-September raid at Chicas Bonitas Cabaret led to the arrests of 41 alleged illegal aliens. The agency claimed 29 were suspected of working illegally at the strip club and said at least five of those taken into custody had prior criminal convictions, The Dallas Express reported.

The press release named the following individuals as among those with criminal records:

  • “Juan Carlos Salas Medina, a 30-year-old criminal alien from Mexico, who has illegally entered the U.S. 10 times and been convicted of aggravated assault of a family member, possession of a controlled substance, and DUI.
  • Julios Cesar Martinez, a 47-year-old criminal alien from Mexico, who has been convicted three times for assault causing bodily injury and DUI.
  • Victor Manuel Manzano-Ramirez, a 47-year-old criminal alien from Mexico, who has illegally entered the U.S. twice and been convicted of DUI.
  • Gustavo Rojas-Garda, a 44-year-old criminal alien from Mexico, who has been convicted of DUI.
  • Genaro Diaz-Perez, a 44-year-old criminal alien from Mexico, who has been convicted of prostitution.”

“HSI Dallas is committed to eradicating the vile scourge of sex trafficking from our local communities,” HSI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Travis Pickard said in the release.

The agency also reported seizing approximately $30,000 in cash and business records from the club.

Law enforcement partners in the operation reportedly included the Dallas Police Department, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigative Division.

Texas Takedown Weekly is a recurring series from The Dallas Express chronicling the most significant immigration-related arrests, narcotics seizures, and enforcement actions across the state.

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