BELTON, Texas (KXXV) — Authorities arrested a previously deported Mexican national in Belton as part of a federal initiative targeting illegal immigration, officials said.
Jaime Aguilar-Guerrero was taken into custody on March 3. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement determined he had been removed from the United States in July 2016.
Aguilar-Guerrero has a prior conviction from April 11, 1996, when he was sentenced to seven years in prison for intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle. Following his recent arrest, he was transferred to federal custody and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of illegal reentry.
His case falls under Operation Take Back America, a Justice Department initiative aimed at combating illegal immigration, dismantling cartels and transnational criminal organizations, and addressing violent crime. The operation consolidates resources from the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces and Project Safe Neighborhoods.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas is prosecuting the case. The office oversees 68 counties spanning nearly 93,000 square miles and covering a population of about 7.6 million people. The district includes San Antonio, Austin, and El Paso, and shares 660 miles of border with Mexico.
