Texas Immigration Law
<h2> <center> Jorge Antonio Guerra Quezada v. United States of America, et al. </h2> </center>
Dallas, Texas, immigration law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a government tort claims act and immigration theories. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Cruz Rodriguez de Guerra was born in Kansas in 1924, making her an American citizen. See Trump v. Barbara, 146 S. Ct. 2438, 2453 (2026).... More...
$ (08-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Cameron Jake Tucker </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping and hostage taking as well as harboring an illegal alien and conspiracy to do so. Digested by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> On May 14, 2025, after authorities responded to reports of an illegal alien who had esc... More...
$ (07-21-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Ines Solo, et al. </h2> </center>
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with providing material support to terrorists in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2339. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Ines Soto was sentenced to 50 years in prison; Joy Gibson was sentenced to 15 years in prison; Rebecca M... More...
$ (07-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Andrew Michael Smith </h2> </center>
Sherman, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with Intent to Distribute or Dispense a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) . On September 5, 2024, Andrew Michael Smith, 36, provided a woman with fentanyl and methamphetamine. Smith watched and recorded the victim for several hours as she began to show severe ... More...
$ (06-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Benjamin Hanil Song, et al. </h2> </center>
Fort Worth, Texas criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with attempted murder of a law enforcement officer in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 210, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2339A , 18 U.S.C. § 844(m) (18 U.S.C. §§ 844(h)(1) & (2)), 18 U.S.C. §§ 844(h)(1) and (2)18 U.S.C. §§ 1114(a)(3) and 2, 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A)(iii) and 2. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/ven... More...
$ (06-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Enedelia Carranco Garcia, and Ashley Garcia </h2> <center>
Corpus Christi, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants chrged with bringing and harboring aliens. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> On the evening of July 22, 2025, Enedelia Garcia drove to the Border Patrol checkpoint near Kingsville with her daughter in the backseat and ano... More...
$ (06-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Avis Delynn Jones </h2> </center>
Marshall, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and felony possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. By Kent Morlan On March 17, 2023, a search warrant was executed at Avis Delyn Jones’ University Avenue residence in Marshall resulting in the discovery of 440.7 grams of methamphetamine co... More...
$ (05-06-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Mayra Collins </h2> </center>
Corpus Christi, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and impersonating an officer or employee of the United States. Twenty-nine year old, Mayra Collins, is accused of fraudulently posed as a federal agent with various agencies in 2022 and again in 2025. She had first allegedly posed as an immigration officer employed by the United States to carry o... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Isela Mendez </h2> </center>
Sherman, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute fentanyl. Isela Mendez, 45, was identified during an investigation involving the influx of counterfeit oxycodone, and other prescription pills, in the Eastern District of Texas and surrounding areas. It was determined that Mendez worked with others to distribute tens of thous... More...
$ (04-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Johnny Quoc Tran </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and meth. an investigation began in March 2019 when authorities identified a Houston-based drug trafficking organization with additional operations in Dallas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Authorities determined Tran led the organization and operated a pill press lab... More...
$ (03-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Benjamin Hanil Song, Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Morris, Maricela Rueda, and Daniel Sanchez-Estrada </h2> </center>
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with rioting, providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to use and carry an explosive, attempted murder of a officers and employees of the United States, and discharging a firedarm in relation to the furtherance of a violent crime. Benjamin Hanil Song, Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Mo... More...
$ (03-14-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Angel Arquimedez Coto-Martinez
Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after deportation. Angel Arquimedez Coto-Martinez has multiple previous convictions for illegal reentry. Authorities first removed him in July 2005 and again in December 2010, July 2016, and twice more in 2022. He returned illegally after each removal. Most recently, he was ordered removed Feb. ... More...
$ (03-02-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Celso Rivas-Gonzalez
Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously removed alien. In 2024, Rivas-Gonzalez was convicted of both illegal re-entry and indecency with a child. Prior to that, in 2021, he was convicted of a harassment felony that had been reduced from one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Rivas-Gonzalez... More...
$ (02-18-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Ivan Hernandez-Ortiz
Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegaly reentry. Ivan Hernandez-Ortiz, 36, residing in Dallas, Texas, illegally entered the United States approximately five times, was granted voluntary return on three occasions, and was formally removed twice. Previously, he was federally prosecuted for illegal reentry into the United States in the Southern Distr... More...
$ (02-25-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Luis Emmanuel Quevedo-Vasquez
Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer Alejandro Macias represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs. On April 2, 2024, Luis Emmanuel Quevedo-Vasquez, a Mexican national illegally in the United States, and Carmen Guadalupe Diaz, 26, of Georgia, were stopped for a traffic violation in Nacogdoches County. During the stop, law enforcement noticed an open con... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Dustin Lacouture and Deborah Lagrone
Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer Ryan Matuska represented Dustin Lacouture charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance (methamphetamine. Dustin Lacouture, 43, and Deborah Lagrone, 44, both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. On January 29, 2025, a... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Antonio Curo
Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer Jason Luong represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled drug (fentanyl) resulting in death. Antonio Curo, age 25, admitted he distributed the drug through the U.S. mail to individuals across the country. Specifically, Curo distributed fentanyl to a 16-year-old female in Houston who died after consu... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Ashley Nicole Ponce
Lufkin, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance -methamphetamine. On October 30, 2024, law enforcement responded to a domestic disturbance call involving a man and a woman at a Corrigan convenience store. As a result, a traffic stop was conducted on a vehicle linked to the disturbance, and a search of the... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - TX)<H2> Sixto Gerardo Zuniga v. Pamela Bondi, U.S. Attorney General
Dallas, Texas, immigration lawyer represented the Petitioner seeking review of the order that his conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-401 constituted an aggravated felony.... More...
$ (12-24-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Hernando Manuel De La Cruz Rivera Orjuela, also known as Hernan, also known as Manuel, also known as El Patron, and Luis Enrique Linero Pinto, aka El Calvo
El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit human smuggling. In October 2024, a federal grand jury in the Western District of Texas returned an indictment against Hernando Manuel De La Cruz Rivera Orjuela, also known as Hernan, also known as Manuel, also known as El Patron, 53, and Luis Enrique Linero Pinto, aka El Calvo, 41, of Colombia for... More...
$ (12-24-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Devon Shermaine Rhodes
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r possessing with the intent to distribute bulk crystal methamphetamine. On Nov. 8, 2022, authorities conducted surveillance at a local fast-food establishment where they observed a drug transaction involving Devon Shermaine Rhodes. He had paid more than $10,000 in cash for approximately five kilograms of crystal met... More...
$ (12-15-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Francisco Javier Navarro-Ramirez, et al.
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represent multiple Defendants charged with various immigration law violations. Francisco Javier Navarro-Ramirez, a Legal Permanent Resident born in Mexico, was arrested near Tornillo and charged with human smuggling. A criminal complaint alleges Navarro-Ramirez was the driver of a vehicle travelling at high speeds with multiple individuals inside. Na... More...
$ (12-15-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. </h1></h1>
Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Soliciting Others to Murder ICE Agents<br> <br> An illegal alien from Mexico was arrested Tuesday for soliciting others to kill ICE agents in a TikTok post on October 9, 2025, announced Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Nancy E. Larson. <br> <br> <br> According to court records, Eduardo Agu... More...
$0 (10-16-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Javier Cornelio Cruz-Nava </h1></h1>
Houston, TX criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting an office <br> <br> A 36-year-old Mexican national who illegally resided in Houston has been charged for assaulting an officer which resulted in deep head wounds, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.<br> <br> Javier Cornelio Cruz-Nava is now in custody pending further criminal proceedings.<br> <br> On Oct.... More...
$0 (10-06-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Savin Seng aka “Two-Face†</h1></h1>
Houston, TX criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with federal weapons violation <br> <br> A 41-year-old illegal alien from Cambodia has been charged with unlawfully possessing a weapon following the shooting death of a woman in Victoria, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. <br> <br> Savin Seng aka "Two-Face†had illegally resided in Victoria and is now in federa... More...
$0 (10-08-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Jorge Alberto Maradiaga-Carias </h1></h1>
San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting 2 Federal Officers at a Karnes Immigration Processing Center.<br> <br> A Honduran national made his initial appearance in a federal court in San Antonio on Thursday, charged with assaulting two detention officers at the Karnes County Immigration Processing Center.<br> <br> According to court documents, Jor... More...
$0 (10-03-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Jorge Alberto Maradiaga-Carias </h1></h1>
San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting two detention officers <br> A Honduran national made his initial appearance in a federal court in San Antonio on Thursday, charged with assaulting two detention officers at the Karnes County Immigration Processing Center.<br> <br> According to court documents, Jorge Alberto Maradiaga-Carias began arguing w... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Jorge Alberto Maradiaga </h1></h1>
San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with <br> <br> A Honduran national made his initial appearance in a federal court in San Antonio on Thursday, charged with assaulting two detention officers at the Karnes County Immigration Processing Center.<br> <br> According to court documents, Jorge Alberto Maradiaga-Carias began arguing with a detention officer (DO... More...
$0 (10-03-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Sindi Vanessa Moreno-Flores </h1></h1>
Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attacking and injuring an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.<br> <br> A 28-year-old illegal alien from Honduras has been charged for attacking and injuring an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during her arrest, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.<br> <br> Sindi Vanessa Moreno-Flores is expect... More...
$0 (09-26-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Juan Carmen Padron Mendez and Juan Carlos </h1></h1>
Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with choking federal agent <br> <br> Between Sept. 19-25, a total of 511 individuals have been charged in immigration and related matters as part of ongoing enforcement actions along the South Texas border, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. <br> <br> Among those are 180 people charged with illegally reentering the ... More...
$0 (09-26-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Celia Ignacia Esquivel-Bataz
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry after deportation following conviction of a felony offense.<br> <br> Esquivel-Bataz, a citizen and national of Mexico, was convicted in<br> 2011 of making a false statement to obtain credit. She was subsequently<br> deported in May 2012. In April 2025, United States Immigration and<br> Customs Enforcement (ICE) ... More...
$0 (09-16-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Diego Masiel Torres </h1></h1>
Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement agents in the course of their duties<br> <br> A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against a 19-year-old man for impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement agents in the course of their duties, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.<br> <br>... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Ramiro Barrera-Gonzalez, Sebastian Medina- Carrillo, Andre Limon Criston Austin, Juan Pedro Zamarron-Navarrete, Ayde Castaneda-Rivera, Oscar Chapa-Gomez, Lucio David Rivera-Esparza, Jose Orellana Espana, Ricardo Quiroz-Rincon</h1></h1>
San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault on a federal officer, bringing in and harboring certain aliens, conspiring to transport two illegal aliens further into the United States, human smuggling <br> <br> United States Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas announced today that federal prosecutors in the district filed 294 ne... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Jose David Betanco-Ramirez </h1></h1>
San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with harboring and transporting over 400 illegal aliens <br> <br> <br> A Nicaraguan national was sentenced in a federal court in San Antonio to 63 months in prison for harboring and transporting over 400 illegal aliens between October 2023 and February 2024.<br> <br> According to court documents, Jose David Betanco-Ramir... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Christian Lopez-Burgos </h1></h1>
Austin, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Multiple Armed Robberies in Austin <br> <br> A Honduran national pleaded guilty in federal court this week to committing multiple armed robberies.<br> <br> According to court documents, on Dec. 31, 2023, Christian Lopez-Burgos, 27, used a black-over-tan pistol during an attempted robbery of a fast-food restaurant on Inter... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Luis Pablo Estolano-Velasquez. Adan Jaimes-Gomez, Jose Alvarado-Aguirr, Franklin Geovanny Escobar-Matias, Jose Mauricio, Jose Mauricio </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Convicted murderer among 306 people charged in border security-related cases during second week of September</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i"></b></center></i><br> <cen... More...
$0 (09-12-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Walter Antonio Chicas-Garcia aka Mejia, Wilson Jose Ventura-Mejia aka Discreto, Marlon Miranda-Moran aka Chinki </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with large-scale racketeering conspiracy </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Three high-level MS-13 gang members plead guilty to 50-year sentences in large-scale racketeering conspiracy involving murder and other violent crimes</h2></center></b></b></cent... More...
$0 (09-08-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Lazaro Rosendo Vega </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Corpus Christi, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with smuggling illegal aliens </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Alamo man guilty of smuggling illegal aliens<br> </h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2><br> <br> A 62-year-ol... More...
$0 (09-08-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Daniel Lee Hicks </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of production of child pornography and one count of coercion and enticement of a minor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Online child predator sentenced to 25 years<br> </h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></cente... More...
$0 (09-08-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Omar Galvan-Rodriguez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tyler, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully returning to the United States </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Mexican national, illegally living in Jacksonville, indicted for unlawfully returning to the United States</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></cente... More...
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