Texas DPS Arrests Two Convicted Foreign Murderers

Texas DPS arrested two convicted foreign murderers in separate Operation Lone Star actions. On Sept. 4 in El Paso, agents captured 36-year-old Alexis Ramon Perozo-Monasterio, a Venezuelan and confirmed member of the Tren de Aragua gang who escaped a Venezuelan prison after being sentenced to 17 years for the rape and murder of a 10-year-old; he tried to flee by jumping from a second-floor window, was turned over to ICE and has been deported. On Sept. 25 in Laredo, DPS stopped a vehicle and arrested 51-year-old Gregorio Denova-Cantu, a confirmed ranking member of the Hermandad de Pistoleros Latinos who was convicted in Texas in 2004 of murder and organized crime, served 18 years, was deported in 2023 and is accused of illegally reentering; he was transferred to ICE custody. Texas officials have singled out Tren de Aragua as a major transnational criminal threat.