ICE agents in San Antonio deport Mexican man accused of murder

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SAN ANTONIO -- ICE agents in San Antonio have deported a Mexican man who is accused in the stabbing death of another man in Mexico in 2006.

Authorities with the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removals Operations in San Antonio released a statement that said Juan Carlos Torres-Carcosa, 39, was sent back to his home country Friday.

According to the statement, Mexican officials said Torres-Carasosa was drinking alcohol and a friend's house and allegedly stabbed the man to death, stole the victim's pickup truck and left the scene.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents arrested Torres-Caracosa near Roma, Texas, on May 28, 2007, according to the statement. While in custody, he admitted that he was in the country illegally. Torres-Caracosa was convicted Oct. 4, 2007, for being in the United States illegally, was issued a final order for removal and was deported Nov. 15, 2007.

San Antonio ERO agents were informed Nov. 9 by Mexico's Procuraduria General de la Republica that there was an active arrest warrant issued by the government of Mexico for Torres-Caracosa, in the killing of the man with a knife in 2006.

According to the statement, Torres-Caracosa illegally re-entered the United States near Penitas, Texas and was arrested by the ICE Fugitive Operations Team. He was deported Friday and transferred to the custody of Mexican authorities at the Brownsville Gateway Port of Entry.

"Removing criminal foreign fugitives from the United States is a top ICE priority," Enrique M. Lucero, field office director of ERO San Antonio, said in the statement. "The cooperation between the governments of the United States and Mexico resulted in this foreign fugitive being turned over to this native country where he will stand trial for an alleged murder."

According to ICE data, in 2015, agents removed or returned 235,413 people who were in the United States illegally.

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