Publisher’s Note: The following information was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, Western District of Texas.
SAN ANTONIO – Federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas filed 221 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from April 10 to April 16, announced U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons. Charges were brought against human smugglers and illegal aliens with past convictions for kidnapping, numerous DWIs, theft, violent crime, and multiple prior removals.
Among the new cases, U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended an illegal alien whom they had observed running north from the U.S.-Mexico border in the El Paso area. A criminal complaint alleges that one of the agents observed that the alien’s cell phone rang repeatedly and that, using the alien’s cell phone, the agents were led to a location on East Paisano Drive. According to the complaint, they encountered Mexican national Carlos Alberto Cardona at the location, where he had arranged to pick up the alien to assist with smuggling. Cardona stated he himself had entered the U.S. illegally on March 25 and agreed to work for a smuggling organization to avoid paying his own smuggling fee. Additionally, the complaint alleges Cardona would be paid $500 per week for taking care of illegal aliens and would transport them to a stash house. Further investigation led the USBP agents to the stash house where they allegedly located 14 illegal aliens and arrested Pedro Anaya-Anaya, an alleged caretaker who had also illegally crossed into the U.S. on March 25 and agreed to work for the smugglers in lieu of paying a smuggling fee balance of $3,500. Both Cardona and Anaya-Anaya now face human smuggling charges.
Juan Carlos Andrade-Martinez, an illegal alien from Mexico, was encountered on July 4, 2023, at the El Paso County Detention Facility, where he faced state charges for kidnapping. Last month, on March 17, he was convicted and sentenced to 32 months imprisonment. Andrade-Martinez was transferred to ICE custody on April 9 and is now charged with illegal re-entry. He was previously convicted for improper entry by an alien in 2010 and was last removed from the U.S. in November 2019.
A criminal complaint alleges that Mexican national Moises Velazquez-Perez was found near the Burlington North Santa Fe Railyard in El Paso after being previously deported twice, the last being on Dec. 19, 2025. In June 2023, Velazquez-Perez was convicted of resisting an officer with violence and battery on a law enforcement officer. Prior to that, he was arrested for assault and convicted of resisting an officer in 2008.
Ecuadorian national Bosco Joel Idrovo-Soto was arrested in El Paso after being identified as an illegal alien. In 2004, Idrovo-Soto was convicted of aggravated assault in New Jersey and sentenced to 364 days in jail. He was removed from the U.S. in September 2009 following an arrest for shoplifting.
U.S. citizen Frank Camacho was charged with transportation of illegal aliens in San Antonio. According to a criminal complaint, a USBP agent conducted a traffic stop on a pickup truck driven by Camacho on Texas State Highway 85 near Dilley. The complaint alleges that, while approaching the vehicle, the agent observed a single male in camouflage clothing lying flat on the floorboard. The individual was determined to be an illegal alien. Additionally, the complaint alleges that Camacho possessed a fully loaded 9mm handgun in the center console of the vehicle.
Cesar Reyna-Ramirez, an illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested in San Antonio and charged with illegally re-entering the United States. Reyna-Ramirez was previously encountered at the Kendall County Jail in 2024 following an arrest for an obscured license plate. Despite an immigration detainer, he was not released to ICE custody. On Wednesday, ICE Enforcement Removal Operations and USBP agents conducted a traffic stop on Reyna-Ramirez near Loop 410 North and U.S. Highway 87. A review of his criminal history revealed Reyna-Ramirez was previously convicted of transportation of an unlawful alien within the U.S. and sentenced to 15 months in federal prison.
Honduran national Roger Andino Gomez-Dominguez aka Jose Jeremias Dominguez was arrested by USBP agents near Maverick and charged with illegal re-entry. Gomez-Dominguez has been deported thrice before, the last being in March 2024, following a conviction for stalking. In 2023, he was convicted of a DUI and threatening crime with intent to terrorize.
ICE arrested Mexican national Felipe Marquez-Rangel in Travis County on Wednesday, charging him with illegal re-entry. Marquez-Rangel has been removed from the U.S. three times, the last being in August 2018, following his second DWI.
Rodolfo Renteria-Mendez, also an illegal alien from Mexico, was found in Caldwell County on April 13. Immigration records indicated that Renteria-Mendez was previously removed for the second time in July 2017, after being convicted of his second DWI. He is now charged with illegal re-entry.
Hector Perez-Sales aka Marvin Perez-Sales, an illegal alien from Guatemala was found in Williamson County on April 13. Perez-Sales has been previously removed from the U.S. seven times, the last being in September 2017.
These cases were referred or supported by federal law enforcement partners, including ICE, U.S. Border Patrol, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), with additional assistance from state and local law enforcement partners.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas comprises 68 counties located in the central and western areas of Texas, encompasses nearly 93,000 square miles and an estimated population of 7.6 million people. The district includes three of the five largest cities in Texas—San Antonio, Austin and El Paso—and shares 660 miles of common border with the Republic of Mexico.
