{"id":2513279,"date":"2025-11-21T16:14:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T21:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-authorities-arrest-men-for-violent-crimes-after-illegally-entering-as-minors\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T16:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T21:15:26","slug":"texas-authorities-arrest-men-for-violent-crimes-after-illegally-entering-as-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-authorities-arrest-men-for-violent-crimes-after-illegally-entering-as-minors\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas authorities arrest men for violent crimes after illegally entering as minors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-authorities-arrest-men-for-violent-crimes-after-illegally-entering-as-minors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2513279&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Texas authorities have continued to arrest violent offenders, including gang members and fugitives, who originally entered the U.S. illegally as unaccompanied minors.In Houston, ICE and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-pledges-orderly-transition-of-power\/\" title=\"President Trump pledges orderly transition of power\">local law enforcement<\/a> apprehended individuals<\/a> such as Cesar Orlando Castro Serrano, a Salvadoran national wanted for aggravated sexual assault and kidnapping, who had evaded capture for two years after entering the country at age 14. similarly,in Plano,a 17-year-old Mexican national was arrested for attacking a woman with a hammer; he entered the U.S. illegally as a child and had previous criminal encounters. Law enforcement agencies are also targeting violent cartel members, specifically the Tren de Aragua gang, highlighted by a major bust in a San Antonio nightclub involving 27 arrests and seizure of drugs, firearms, and cash. These operations are part of broader efforts, supported by executive orders and designations of gangs like MS-13 and Tren de Aragua as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, to combat violent crime and illegal immigration-related offenses in Texas. authorities encourage victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants to seek support from designated government offices.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Texas authorities arrest men for violent crimes after illegally entering as minors<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2410374\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Authorities in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\">Texas<\/a> continue to arrest violent men in major cities years after they illegally <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/policy\/immigration\/\">entered the country<\/a> as unaccompanied minors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They&rsquo;re also continuing to arrest violent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cartels\/\">Tren de Aragua<\/a> members, including in a major San Antonio nightclub bust.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3895233\/border-apprehensions-up-maine-drop-record-high\/\">Border apprehensions up in Maine, overall drop from record highs of Biden era<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3894803\/sean-duffy-threatens-75-million-funding-pennsylvania-illegal-commercial-drivers-licenses\/\">Duffy threatens to yank $75 million in funding for Pennsylvania over illegal CDLs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3894168\/enhanced-immigration-law-enforcement-ending-north-carolina\/\">Enhanced immigration law enforcement ending in North Carolina<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Houston officers working with multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-governor-encourages-people-to-call-police-on-neighbors-violating-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon Governor Encourages People To Call Pol... On Neighbors Violating COVID Orders\">law enforcement agencies<\/a>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/texas\/article_92918faf-7ea0-448a-9d8b-0b472067701f.html\">arrested 3,600<\/a>&nbsp;violent offenders, including gang members and fugitives. One of them was wanted by the Houston Police Department for nearly three years.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2023, the HPD&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.houstontx.gov\/police\/nr\/2023\/may\/nr050423-8.htm\">asked for<\/a>&nbsp;the&nbsp;public&rsquo;s help to locate a suspect, Cesar Orlando Castro Serrano, 24, charged with aggravated sexual assault and kidnapping of a 22-year-old woman. Officers found her left for dead in a wooded area behind a Park Row apartment complex in the Energy Corridor. She was in critical condition, sexually assaulted, and her head bashed with a tire iron.<\/p>\n<p>The notice didn&rsquo;t state that he was a Salvadoran national in the country illegally.&nbsp;He illegally entered the U.S. in 2015 under the Obama administration when he was 14 as an unaccompanied minor, according to ICE. An immigration judge ordered his removal in 2016, which didn&rsquo;t happen, according to ICE records.<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 10, ICE arrested him in Katy, roughly 20 minutes west of the crime scene.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This heinous predator should have never been in our country,&rdquo;&nbsp;DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/11\/19\/ice-arrests-violent-criminal-illegal-alien-wanted-beating-kidnapping-and-sexually\">said<\/a>.&nbsp;&ldquo;After two years on the run, ICE law enforcement officers arrested this criminal illegal alien and turned him over to local authorities to face justice for his crimes. President [Donald] Trump and Secretary [Kristi] Noem will not allow criminal illegal aliens to continue to victimize American citizens. If you come to our country illegally and victimize Americans, we will find you and arrest you. That&rsquo;s a promise.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He is being held in the Harris County Jail, where ICE lodged a detainer request.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Plano, north of Dallas, a 17-year-old Mexican national, also in the country illegally, was arrested after he allegedly used a hammer to attack a woman jogging in Bob Woodruff Park. She fought back and was able to get away; he fled the scene.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Given the nature of this incident and this attack, this could have gone so much worse,&rdquo; Plano Police Det. Alexandra Cole&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/video\/victim-fought-off-teen-attacker-in-bob-woodruff-park-plano-police-say\/#x\">told<\/a>&nbsp;CBS News. &ldquo;Luckily, she was brave enough to be able to fight her attacker off in order for this not to be an even more heinous crime than it already was.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sergio Noe de Nova Duarte was apprehended and charged with aggravated kidnapping and bodily injury, the PPD&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PlanoPoliceDept\/status\/1989420232008417632\">announced.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At age 8, he entered the U.S. on a B2 tourist visa in 2016, with a requirement to depart by Sept. 17, 2016, according to ICE records. As an unaccompanied minor, he remained in the U.S. illegally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last year, at age 16, local authorities arrested him for burglary and larceny. He was next encountered by ICE, but because of Biden administration policies, he was released with a notice to appear before an immigration judge in 2026, DHS&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/11\/17\/ice-lodges-arrest-detainer-illegal-alien-who-attacked-innocent-woman-plano-texas\">said.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This criminal illegal alien should have never been loose in our communities to attack this woman jogging in a park with a hammer,&rdquo;&nbsp;McLaughlin said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ICE lodged a detainer request with the Collin County Jail, where he is being detained.<\/p>\n<p>DHS is encouraging &ldquo;victims of illegal alien crime&rdquo; to contact its Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office to receive support: 1-855-488-6423.<\/p>\n<p>In San Antonio, a Homeland Security Task Force involving federal, state, and local law enforcement just arrested&nbsp;27 TdA members at a San Pedro Ave. night club. They also seized cocaine, firearms, and roughly $35,000 in cash, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The task forces are conducting operations nationwide targeting TdA, MS-13, and violent criminals in response to a presidential executive order. The Trump administration also designated MS-13, TdA, and others as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, The Center Square&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_11427434-4fda-4ce5-932d-9278f78d0830.html\">reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/\/claudia-sheinbaum-rejects-us-striking-drug-cartels\/\">MEXICAN PRESIDENT REJECTS US STRIKING DRUG CARTELS DESPITE RIOTS OVER VIOLENT CRIME<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The operation resulted in the arrest of more than 140 individuals, who were taken into ICE custody for further investigation and immigration proceedings,&rdquo; U.S. Attorney Justin Simmons for the Western District of Texas&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-wdtx\/pr\/multi-agency-operation-san-antonio-results-federal-charges\">said<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing, and additional arrests are expected.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecentersquare.com%2Ftexas%2Farticle_4ad10876-653c-4604-a961-1361d1fe3fa1.html%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook%26utm_campaign%3Duser-share\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas arrests violent men who entered illegally as minors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3892,"featured_media":2513280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Texas-flag.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4283,48771,7497,3694,40365],"class_list":["post-2513279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arrests","tag-illegal-entry","tag-minors","tag-texas","tag-violent-crimes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Texas-flag.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3892"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2513279"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2513283,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513279\/revisions\/2513283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2513280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2513279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2513279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2513279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}