Carlos Najera Aguilar/Mexico/Cocaine Distribution

ICE agents apprehended Carlos Najera Aguilar in Conroe, Texas. The Mexico illegal alien faces charges of unlawful reentry, cocaine distribution and is subject to federal immigration enforcement.

Trafficking operations of the kind alleged against Aguilar are a persistent concern for law enforcement in Texas. Illegal aliens arrested on such charges face a compounded legal situation: a criminal prosecution that can carry heavy sentences, and a separate federal immigration case that will determine whether removal is ordered before or after any sentence is served.

Aguilar has been placed in federal immigration detention and is scheduled to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge. If ordered removed, Aguilar would be deported to Mexico.