US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Texas repatriated a Mexican national living in Houstonand wanted in his native country for raping a child.
ICE said in a news release that 58-year-old Nestor Flores Encarnacion, an undocumented alien, was repatriated to Mexico on Thursday.
Flores, who is wanted in Veracruz, Mexico, for the rape of a child, Entered the US illegally four times.
On Thursday, deportation officers transported Flores with ice to the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge in Laredo, Texas, where he was transferred into the custody of Mexican authorities.
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Nestor Flores Encarnacion, an undocumented alien, was repatriated to Mexico on Thursday. (Ice Houston)
“This foreign fugitive brazenly entered the U.S. in violation of our nation’s laws on four separate occasions to evade prosecution in Mexico for allegedly raping a child,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston Field Office Director Bret A. Bradford. “Dangerous foreign fugitives and criminal aliens accused of or having committed heinous crimes such as sexually assaulting a child will not find safe haven in Southeast Texas.”
According to ICE, Flores illegally entered the US on February 16, 2002, near Roma, Texas, and was apprehended the next day by US Border Patrol and returned to Mexico.
But he returned to the US days later on February 20, 2002, and again two days later on February 22. Both times, Ice said, he was arrested by Border Patrol officers and voluntarily returned to Mexico the same day.
Nestor Flores Encarnacion, an undocumented alien, was repatriated to Mexico on Thursday. (Ice Houston)
Flores re-entered the country for the fourth time at an unknown location and date.
On August 23, 2024, ERO Houston deportation officers arrested Flores at a Houston residence after receiving notice that he may be living in the Houston area.
Ero Houston was also informed that Flores was wanted in Mexico for rape.
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After being apprehended, Flores was placed in immigration proceedings and granted a voluntary departure by an immigration judge at the Department of Justice on December 19, 2024.
“Our immigration officers work tirelessly to successfully locate and apprehend undocumented aliens in the Houston area who threaten public safety, national security and border security, and will not rest once they are repatriated to their countries of origin and no longer a threat to the community,” said Bradford.
