ICE Houston deports three illegal aliens wanted for homicide in Mexico

While Harris County, Texas residents were distracted by mandatory mask-wearing orders issued by a child county executive, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Removal Operations in Houston sent three illegal aliens ---adios fellas---back to Mexico where they are all wanted for homicide.

“These individuals fled Mexico to escape prosecution for their alleged crimes and have continued to engage in criminal activity here in the U.S.,” said Paul McBride, acting field office director of ERO Houston.

 "By working together with our foreign law enforcement partners, we have safely returned them to their home country where they will stand trial for their alleged crimes and made our community safer.”

From the ICE press release:


HOUSTON — Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Houston, Texas, removed three fugitives Wednesday wanted for homicide in Mexico.

Alfredo Medina-Martinez, 29, Guillermo Vazquez-Saenz, 51, and Eduardo Antonio Perez Don Juan, 53, all citizens of Mexico, were escorted to the Laredo, Texas, Port of Entry where they were presented to Mexican law enforcement authorities.

Medina-Martinez is wanted by Mexican authorities for homicide. Vazquez-Saenz and Perez Don Juan are wanted for aggravated homicide.

Medina-Martinez has been removed from the U.S. to Mexico on three previous occasions; Jan. 5, 2019; Feb. 27, 2019; and May 10, 2019. He was ordered removed by an immigration judge Dec. 30, 2018. Medina-Martinez was convicted of illegal entry Jan. 2, 2019, and illegal reentry Feb. 26, 2019, and Oct. 15, 2019. He is a documented member of the Mexicles, a Mexican street gang allied with the Sinaloa Cartel.

Vazquez-Saenz, a documented member of the Zetas Drug Cartel, was administratively removed from U.S. to Mexico May 14, 2013. On Jan. 22, 2018, he was encountered by immigration officials after illegally reentering the U.S. An immigration judge ordered him removed from the U.S. to Mexico Aug. 24, 2018. He was convicted of escaping from custody July 15, 2002, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas and driving while intoxicated in Collin County (Texas) June 2, 2006.

Perez Don Juan has previously been removed from the U.S. to Mexico on four occasions; April 17, 1999; Oct. 25, 2002; March 25, 2004; and Dec. 10, 2009. He has multiple criminal convictions in the U.S. including a conviction for attempted burglary in Dekalb County (Georgia) June 26, 1998, illegal reentry March 24, 2003, driving while intoxicated in Galveston County (Texas) Nov. 30, 2009, and illegal reentry March 27, 2020.

Read it all here.

Here we go! Republican resorts to Shifty Schiff-style campaign tactics in Galveston, Texas race

Some Harris - Galveston County area Republicans are resorting to Democrat Adam "Shifty" Schiff -style campaign tactics, wanting to boot an effective Galveston County tax assessor/ collector from office based on anonymous sources, uncorroborated statements,  manufactured statistics and overall foolishness.

In the GOP primary race for Galveston County tax assessor/ collector, Republican Jackie Peden told The Daily News (Galveston County) - behind paywall---that two anonymous sources-former employees of incumbent Cheryl Johnson claimed there's high turnover, a sign, Peden asserted--of discord in the tax office.

We'll go through these claims one-by-one and show the Shifty Schiff-style tactics at play. See if you recognize them!

(photo credit: WND.com)

• Peden claimed the tax office has a turnover rate of 700 percent, with more than 600 people revolving through the employment doors. What facts and calculations did Peden provide? 

"She believed the number was well more than 600..." and provided no calculations to back up her assertion.

• The Daily News pressed Peden for details provided by the two anonymous sources aka former employees. What details did Peden reveal?

"They said she doesn't give them the recognition that they're due..Peden said...but I'm not exactly sure."

• Peden said employee turnover costs the taxpayer money; money that could be used elsewhere since it costs real dollars for new hire training, reported The Daily News.

"The county could use that money for roads and flood remediation if the county reduced the tax office budget," she (Peden) said.

Does Peden NOT KNOW the tax office is self-funded from fees and services from the state & local governments it serves? The tax office only COLLECTS the approximately $500M each year in property taxes; THESE ad valorem taxes collected are what funds county roads.

Is Peden playing Galveston County voters for fools or idiots like Adam Schiff does? 

Since 2004, Cheryl Johnson has served Galveston County residents as their tax assessor/ collector. She's won reelection three times and for the first time since she took office is facing a primary challenger.

Johnsons' primary challenger, according to a report in The Daily News (Galveston County) has never held elected office. Jackie Peden, they write, owns and manages a small accounting firm with her husband Chris, who is a former Friendswood city councilman, former Friendswood Mayor Pro-Tem and former Chief Financial Officer at Select Asset Management (SAM) 

When will Galveston County voters penalize candidates like Ms. Peden who mislead them with Shifty Schiff-style campaign tactics?