Mexican Migrant Wanted for Murder of Five Hondurans Deported 3 Times, Says Texas Sheriff

Immigration officers deported the Mexican man wanted in connection to Friday night’s alleged murder of five Honduran nationals on three occasions, according to the Texas sheriff leading the investigation. The most recent removal came in 2016.

San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers told Breitbart Texas on Sunday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers deported 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza, a Mexican national now wanted for five alleged murders, in three separate incidents. Sheriff Capers and other sources advised that the last time ICE officers removed Oropeza was in 2016.

NEW: Per ICE source, Francisco Oropesa, the Mexican national who police who say fatally shot 5 of his neighbors in TX, is in the U.S. illegally. I’m told he’s been previously deported, has “multiple” illegal re-entries on his record, and was last encountered by ICE in 2016. pic.twitter.com/JX40Pj0mc7

— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) April 30, 2023

Breitbart Texas reached out to ICE media officials for additional information regarding Oropeza’s immigration history. {snip}

Sheriff Capers said a multi-agency task force continues to search for Oropeza in connection to the alleged murder of five people who lived next door to him in a rural area of Cleveland. The Mexican national reportedly shot and killed the five Honduran nationals after one of them complained of him firing a rifle outside shortly before midnight Friday night, Breitbart Texas reported.

{snip} The five decedents are identified as:

• Julisa Molina Rivera, age 31
• Sonia Argentina Guzman, age 25
• Diana Velazquez Alvarado, age 21
• Jose Jonathan Casarez, age 18
• Daniel Enrique Laso, age 8

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