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HOUSTON – An illegal alien from Honduras detained through the U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to forty-five years in prison Monday in Texas County.
Melvin Ramirez-Russel, 39, was caught in ICE’s attention through the County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) in January after arresting him for brutally killing Gerardo Muñoz of the Peace Angels and making an attempt to cover up the crime by getting rid of the body.
After being alerted to Ramirez-Russel’s presence, ICE filed an inmate with the MCSO on January 31. Ramirez-Russel entered the United States illegally in 2006 near Hidalgo, Texas. He never met through immigration officials until the MCSO alerted ICE to his presence. . ICE will seek to stop Ramirez-Russel after his release and place him in a deportation process.
MCSO is partnering with ICE’s 287 (g) Execution and Removal Operations Program (ERO) to notify the company when they encounter a user who is in the United States illegally.
Program 287 (g) is a cost-effective program that prioritizes the arrest and detention of criminal aliens in the interest of public safety, while strengthening partnerships between ICE and local law enforcement. During fiscal year (AF) 2019, Program 287 (g) ) met with approximately 775 foreigners convicted of assault, 704 convicted of harmful drugs, 145 convicted of sexual offences/assault, 173 convicted of obstruction of the police, 110 convicted of firearms offences and 21 convicted of murder.
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