(Fox News) Border Patrol agents have caught thousands of illegal immigrants with criminal convictions in FY24, with those apprehended having rap sheets for violent crimes such as murder, rape, child molestation, as well as drugs and weapons trafficking.
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens posted on X Wednesday that agents patrolling the southwest border nabbed 10 illegal immigrants last weekend who have “violent criminal histories including murder, rape, and drug/weapons trafficking.”
Owens also posted images of four of the convicts. It is unclear where they are from.
Illegal immigrants apprehended by Border Patrol who between them have convictions for murder, rape, as well as drug and weapons trafficking. (U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens)
He wrote that in fiscal year 2024, Border Patrol has apprehended more than 6,400 subjects with criminal convictions.
On Wednesday, Owens posted pictures of various gang members arrested over the weekend who he says are admitted gang members.
Owens wrote that agents in El Paso, Texas, arrested eight admitted violent cartels and gang members from Venezuela, El Salvador and Mexico.
“So far in FY24, Border Patrol has arrested 178 subjects with gang affiliations,” he said.
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens revealed the staggering number of illegal immigrants with criminal convictions and gang affiliations who have been apprehended. (Gregory Rec/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
Earlier this month, Owens revealed that agents in Laredo, Texas, arrested a child predator trying to enter our country illegally. The man, a Mexican national, served 10 years in prison for the molestation of a minor, a felony conviction.
