ICE Dallas officers return Mexican man wanted for murder
DALLAS — A Mexican man, wanted in his home country for murder, was returned to Mexico Friday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Dallas.
Arcenio Esparza-Perez, 40, was transported by bus to the U.S. Mexico border at Laredo, Texas, and transferred to Mexican authorities Oct. 28.
Esparza-Perez is wanted for allegedly using a firearm to commit a murder March 11, 2002, in Sinaloa, Mexico. Esparza-Perez and the deceased were seen in Esparza-Perez’s vehicle moments before shots were fired. Moments after those shots, the victim lay injured on the ground as Esparza-Perez fled the scene. An Interpol Red Notice had been issued for Esparza-Perez.
Esparza-Perez had been returned to Mexico after illegally entering the United States in 2002 in California, and in 2003 near Ajo, Arizona. On June 6, 2016, ERO was notified by Mexico’s Procuraduría General de la Republica that Esparza-Perez had an outstanding murder warrant issued by the First Judicial District of Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico. ERO Dallas officers arrested Esparza-Perez at his Dallas residence the same day.
“Our ICE officers help improve overall public safety by removing criminal aliens to their countries of origin,” said Simona L. Flores, field office director of ERO Dallas. “Due to the continued cooperation between the United States and the Mexican governments, this criminal alien was safely returned to his home country where he will face justice.”
Since Oct. 1, 2009, ERO has removed more than 1,150 foreign fugitives from the United States who were sought in their native countries for serious crimes, including kidnapping, rape and murder. ERO works with the ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Office of International Operations, foreign consular offices in the United States, and Interpol to identify foreign fugitives illegally present in the United States. Members of the public who have information about foreign fugitives are urged to contact ICE by calling the ICE tip line at 1 (866) 347-2423 or internationally at 001-1802-872-6199. They can also file a tip online by completing ICE’s online tip form.
In fiscal year 2015, ICE conducted 235,413 removals nationwide. Ninety-one percent of individuals removed from the interior of the United States had previously been convicted of a criminal offense.
ICE is focused on smart, effective immigration enforcement that targets serious criminal aliens who present the greatest risk to the security of our communities, such as those charged with or convicted of homicide, rape, robbery, kidnapping, major drug offenses and threats to national security.
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