HOUSTON — ICE deported two 24-year-old illegal immigrants wanted for homicide in Mexico, transporting them from the Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe, Texas, to the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge in Laredo, Texas, where Mexican authorities took custody of them on July 21.
Agustin Morales-Renteria faces an aggravated homicide warrant, and Juan Becerra Ruiz faces an intentional homicide warrant, ICE announced. Deportation officers from ICE’s Houston Field Office carried out both removals after immigration judges ordered the men removed from the United States.
“Under my watch, Southeast Texas will never become a safe haven for dangerous criminal illegal alien foreign fugitives like these two, regardless of the misinformation and lies being spread over the past couple of weeks by open borders and anti-immigration enforcement groups trying to demonize our officers and undermine our mission,” said ERO Houston acting Field Office Director Gabriel Martinez.
“In conjunction with our partners, our officers continue to drown out the noise and give everything they have to enforce our nation’s immigration laws without prejudice, while prioritizing enforcement actions that enhance public safety, national security, and border security,” Martinez said. “As a result of their efforts, these two fugitives will now face justice for their alleged crimes, providing closure to the friends and families of their alleged victims.”
Morales-Renteria first entered the U.S. illegally on or about Sept. 21, 2021, and was expelled the same day under Title 42 COVID-19 health protocols. A regional attorney general’s office in Mexico issued a warrant for his arrest for aggravated homicide on Oct. 19, 2021. He illegally reentered the U.S. on or about Oct. 15, 2021, to evade prosecution. ICE encountered Morales-Renteria on Dec. 4, 2024, at the sheriff’s office in Jackson County, Missouri, following his arrest for tampering with a motor vehicle and felony possession of a controlled substance — but Biden-era immigration enforcement priorities justified prosecutorial discretion and no action was taken.
Morales-Renteria was later convicted on Nov. 4, 2025, of being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm and sentenced to 18 months in federal prison. He was transferred into ICE custody on May 21, an immigration judge ordered him removed on July 2, and ICE officers completed the deportation on July 21.
Becerra Ruiz entered the U.S. illegally on an unknown date and location. A warrant was issued for his arrest in Querétaro, Mexico, for intentional homicide on Oct. 21, 2022. In May 2026, U.S. Border Patrol received notice of the Mexican warrant and his location in the Houston area. Border Patrol agents detained Becerra during a traffic stop in Spring, Texas, on June 4 and transferred him to ICE. An immigration judge ordered his removal on June 30, and ICE completed the deportation on July 21. ICE urged members of the public with information about foreign fugitives to contact the ICE Tip Line at 1 (866) 347-2423.