Illegal Migrant Arrested For Drunk Driving Discovered To Be MS-13 Gang Member Wanted For Homicide

Texas police arrested an illegal migrant on drunk driving charges and soon realized he was an MS-13 gang member wanted for homicide in his home country.

Law enforcement in Harris County, Texas, arrested Alexis Bladimir Canizales Romero, a 27-year-old Salvadoran national, earlier this year for driving while intoxicated, according to a press release from 🛂Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). An 🛂Immigration check confirmed Canizales was living in the United States unlawfully and was wanted for aggravated homicide, femicide and “unlawfully association” in El Salvador.

Deportation officers lodged an 🛂Immigration detainer for the Salvadoran national and finally repatriated him to his home country on Friday, ICE confirmed.

“This foreign fugitive and MS-13 gang member illegally entered the United States on multiple occasions to avoid prosecution in his home country of El Salvador for aggravated femicide, aggravated homicide and unlawful association,” Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston acting field office director Gabriel Martinez said in a statement.

“Thanks to the strong relationship we have with local law enforcement partners and the due diligence of our Immigration