This marks the second incident in as many days where Texas troopers have apprehended migrants illegally in the United States with child pornography in their possession.
Lieutenant Chris Olivarez, spokesperson for the DPS, took to Twitter to share photos of a migrant who was arrested by troopers during a traffic stop on August 2. Upon further investigation, troopers uncovered five child pornography images featuring underage girls on the migrant's cell phone.
The troopers, who are part of Governor Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star initiative, had pulled over a silver Toyota sedan and uncovered the driver's involvement in smuggling a Honduran migrant into the United States illegally. The driver, as well as the migrant identified as Dagoberto Corea Mendez, were subsequently arrested.
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During the DPS special agents' investigation, five images of child pornography were discovered. Olivarez confirmed that the images depicted female children and stated that Corea Mendez admitted to using the images for sexual gratification.
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Just the day before, Olivarez had reported the arrest of a Mexican national who was allegedly smuggling a group of migrants across the Rio Grande. In the course of the investigation, troopers found at least one video containing child pornography.
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In a separate development, newly sworn-in Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens revealed on August 3 that agents had apprehended four sex offenders the previous day. These migrants had prior convictions for offenses such as "sexual abuse of a child," "rape by force/fear," "indecency with a child and aggravated sexual assault," and "indecency with a child, exposes."
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