Jose Alvares Castro/Mexico/Drug Trafficking

ICE agents apprehended Jose Alvares Castro in Anthony, Texas. The Mexico illegal alien faces charges of drug trafficking and is subject to federal immigration enforcement.

Trafficking operations of the kind alleged against Castro 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.

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