Texas Authorities Arrest 12 Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants

Nine of the 12 men are from Mexico or El Salvador.

More than 1,000 illegal immigrants wait in line to be processed by U.S. Border Patrol agents after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Dec. 18, 2023. John Moore/Getty Images

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced on July 3 the arrest of 12 wanted criminal illegal immigrants, several of whom were accused of indecent sexual contact with a child and human smuggling.

Five of those arrested were from Mexico, including Charli Cordova Perez, who had been wanted since June 2023 for indecency with a child by sexual contact, according to the DPS announcement.