EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrested a reputed member of the Barrio Azteca gang in El Paso, a spokesperson for the agency said.
Jorge Felipe Payan-Morales, 44, a Mexican national, was arrested in El Paso on Wednesday, March 26, an ICE spokesperson said.
Payan-Morales is in the country illegally, the spokesperson said.
He has been previously deported five times and has past convictions for cocaine possession, drug trafficking, robbery and illegal re-entry, the spokesperson said.
Payan-Morales is in the custody of U.S. marshals and is pending criminal prosecution for a fourth felony charge of illegal re-entry by a previously deported non-citizen, ICE said.