SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation San Antonio Field Office issued the following press release:

SAN ANTONIO - Federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas filed 188 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from July 17 through July 23, announced U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons.

Charges were brought against human smugglers and illegal aliens with past convictions for numerous DWIs, violent crimes and sexual abuse, thefts, and multiple prior removals.

Among the new cases, Alejandro Flores-Martinez, an illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents near Eagle Pass after he had previously been deported in September 2025. Flores-Martinez w...