Hector Galicia Cuevas/Mexico/Drug Trafficking

Mexican national Hector Ivan Galicia Cuevas, a criminal illegal alien, was arrested in Sandstone, Minnesota, while in federal custody as an inmate at FCI Sandstone. Public records and media reports describe him as an active member of the Paisas prison gang with a prior conviction for drug trafficking, tied to international narcotics activity prosecuted in U.S. federal court. A recent federal habeas filing lists him as challenging aspects of his confinement in the District of Minnesota, confirming his current incarceration status at the Sandstone facility.

Galicia Cuevas’s inclusion on recent enforcement lists has been cited by officials defending ongoing immigration and gang-targeting operations in Minnesota, who point to his Paisas affiliation and drug trafficking conviction as evidence of the public-safety risks posed by such offenders. He remains in federal custody and is expected to face immigration consequences, including removal, upon completion of his narcotics-related sentence.