The Trump administration’s crime crackdown in Memphis led to the arrests of serious illegal immigrant criminals, The Daily Wire has learned.
Illegal immigrant gang members, pedophiles, rapists, domestic abusers, and drug traffickers have all been taken off the streets by federal immigration authorities deployed by President Donald Trump to Memphis in recent weeks.
“Memphis has suffered from historic levels of violent crime including a murder rate that is four times higher than Mexico City. No American should be afraid to walk down the streets in their own neighborhoods,” Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire.
“In Memphis, DHS law enforcement is working hand in glove with Attorney General Bondi to enhance public safety, fight crime, and provide much-needed support to our law enforcement partners at the local, state, and federal level. The Trump administration WILL make America safe again.”
Mugshot of Luis Alfredo Maldonado-Lopez (Credit: DHS)
Authorities arrested Honduran illegal immigrant Luis Alfredo Maldonado-Lopez, who was previously apprehended for fondling a child, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Mugshot of Jose Eduardo Mena Perez (Credit: DHS)
Also captured was Mexican Sureño 13 gang member Jose Eduardo Mena Perez, who was previously convicted of burglary, destroying evidence, unlawful carrying/possession of a weapon, and arrested for larceny, possession of narcotic equipment, assault, and aggravated assault with a weapon.
He had been deported twice previously, according to DHS.
Mugshot of Luis Alberto Cordova Bandala (Credit: DHS)
Luis Alberto Cordova Bandala, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was previously arrested for domestic violence, aggravated assault of a police officer, and resisting a law enforcement officer.
Mugshot of Simeon Sosa-Camargo (Credit: DHS)
Convicted illegal immigrant smuggler Simeon Sosa-Camargo, who hails from Mexico, was also caught.
Trump directed federal authorities and the National Guard to target crime in Memphis after successfully doing so in Washington, D.C.
The Trump administration has also pledged to send troops and more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to San Francisco.
“We continue to have targeted operations in many, many cities, but also very focused on those where challenges are still remaining, such as Portland, Chicago, we’re in Memphis as well, we’re going to San Francisco at the direction of the president as well,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said at a press conference Monday.
“We’re going to continue to make sure we’re focused not just on those cities that we hear about on the news, but also in cities like Sarasota that we make sure that law enforcement officers in every single community get the chance to continue to get these criminals off of their streets,” she added.
