Border Agents Arrest Three Groups of Illegal Alien Invaders

EDINBURG, TX – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a female 18th Street gang member, and two illegal aliens previously convicted of sexual crimes involving children.

Wednesday morning, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents working near Hidalgo, Texas arrested several illegal aliens to include a Salvadoran adult female shortly after illegally entering the United States. During processing, the female admitted to being a member of the 18th Street gang. 

Wednesday, Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station agents apprehended a group of 10 illegal aliens in Roma, Texas.  During processing, agents discovered one noncitizen, identified as Edwin Francisco Mejia-Iglesias, a national of El Salvador, had been previously arrested by the Tomball, Texas, Police Department in 2018, for online solicitation of a minor sexual conduct.  He was convicted and sentenced to six years probation.

Wednesday afternoon, MCS agents apprehended a group of 10 illegal aliens near Havana, Texas.  The subjects were taken into custody and transported to the station.  At the station, agents discovered one of the subjects, a Mexican national, had been previously arrested by the Phoenix, Arizona, Police Department in 2016, for sexual conduct with a minor. He was convicted and sentenced to five years incarceration.

Border Patrol processed the subjects accordingly.