Houston ICE agents arrested 414 criminal illegal aliens convicted of or charged with child sex offenses during President Trump’s first year back in office, nearly doubling the 211 arrested during the final year of the Biden administration.
The 414 sex offenders accounted for 761 child sex crimes and 525 other offenses ranging from homicide to robbery, according to ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston.
“While elected officials and media pundits across the country were zealously trying to manipulate the American public with fake news stories about ICE’s public safety mission, the brave men and women of ICE were quietly going about their business to arrest and remove more than 400 dangerous child predators from our local communities,” said ICE ERO Houston acting Field Office Director Gabriel Martinez.
Among those arrested was Alex Samuel Lara Diaz, a 35-year-old Honduran national previously deported who was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a minor. He’s also wanted in Honduras for homicide. ICE deported him to Honduras December 13, 2025, where he was turned over to authorities for prosecution.
Gabriel Julio Lopez-Velazquez, a 25-year-old Mexican national, had illegally entered the U.S. four times and was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a minor, aggravated assault, illegal entry, and twice for felony illegal reentry. ICE deported him to Mexico April 10, 2025.
Juan Leonardo Garcia Ibarra, a 48-year-old Mexican national who illegally reentered the U.S. 12 times, had convictions for sexual indecency with a child, aggravated assault, cruelty toward a child, DWI, and felony illegal reentry. He was deported to Mexico April 7, 2025.
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