An illegal alien wanted for child abuse charges in Mexico has been arrested by President Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Texas and swiftly deported back to his native country.
58-year-old Nestor Flores Encarnacion has been living as a free man in Houston, Texas, despite entering the United States illegally and being wanted for raping a child in Mexico.
In a press release, ICE confirmed that Flores was repatriated to Mexico on Thursday.
Flores is wanted in Veracruz, Mexico, for the rape of a child.
Despite the serious charges he faces, Flores has illegally entered the U.S. four times and has been living in Texas for over 20 years.
On Thursday, ICE deportation officers transported Flores to the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge in Laredo, Texas.
There, he was transferred into the custody of Mexican authorities.
In a statement, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston Field Office Director Bret A. Bradford said:
“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.”
“Dangerous foreign fugitives and criminal aliens who are accused of, or have committed, heinous crimes like sexually assaulting a child will find no safe haven in Southeast Texas.”
According to ICE, Flores entered the U.S. illegally on Feb. 16, 2002, near Roma, Texas.
The next day, he was apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol and returned to Mexico.
However, he returned to the U.S. just a few days later on February 20, 2002, and again on Feb. 22.
Both times, ICE said, he was arrested by Border Patrol officers and voluntarily returned to Mexico the same day.
Flores entered the country again for a fourth time at an unknown location and unknown date.
On August 23, 2024, deportation officers from ERO Houston apprehended Flores at a residence in Houston.
He was captured after authorities received notification that he was potentially residing in the Houston area.
ERO Houston was also notified that Flores was wanted in Mexico for child rape.
After being apprehended, Flores was placed into immigration proceedings.
He was granted a voluntary departure by an immigration judge with Biden’s Justice Department on December 19, 2024.
However, Flores failed to leave, forcing Trump’s ICE to arrest and deport him.
“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 until they’re repatriated to their country of origin and no longer a threat to the community,” Bradford said.
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