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HOUSTON, Texas — Officials have busted a million-dollar car theft ring run by a dangerous Mexican drug cartel — and nabbed three migrant members of the crew, including one who snuck into the US illegally and has a long rap sheet.
Mexican nationals Edgar Bravo, Jesus Gutierrez-Escamilla and Bernando Fernandez-Pereyda were accused Thursday of helping operate the chop shop ring under the control of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement documents obtained by The Post.
Sources said Gutierrez-Escamilla entered the US illegally at an unknown date over a dozen years ago and has since been in and out of law enforcement custody.
The report explains that Gutierrez-Escamilla was arrested in 2012 and convicted of trespassing, but he was back out on the streets after only 20 days in jail.
He was busted again in 2016 for a traffic violation, but still was not deported.
Fernandez-Pereyda was apprehended by the Border Patrol in March 2023, but was allowed to remain in the U.S.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez first announced in a social media post, “Happening Now: a long-term auto-theft investigation by @HCSO_SID led to the execution of multiple warrants at three sites by @HCSOSWAT. These sites are suspected of being used as chop shops.”
“Investigators are conducting scene investigations. This organized auto-theft ring has possible ties to a cartel. Commanders are at the 200 blk of Leago, but stolen vehicles have been found at all of the target sites; stolen vehicles and fraudulent titles with an estimated recovery value of $220K.”
Gonzalez later added in an update that “a total of 14 stolen vehicles were recovered from the three sites, with a recovery value of 1 million dollars.”
auto-theft ring has possible ties to a cartel. Commanders are at the 200 blk of Leago, but stolen vehicles have been found at all of the target sites; stolen vehicles and fraudulent titles with an estimated recovery value of $220K.
2/2 #HouNews— Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) April 4, 2024
Gonzalez announced the following arrests in the scheme, along with their dates of birth:
- Edgar Bravo (5-23-02) 2nd degree felony theft
- Jesus Gutierrez-Escamilla (2-4-83) 2nd degree felony theft
- Bernardo Fernandez-Pereyda (5-22-98) Evading Arrest
- Gary Charles (3-5-91) 2nd degree felony theft
- Darius Charles (11-30-93) 2nd degree felony theft
The New York Post quoted Ray Donovan, who retired as the DEA chief of operations in April 2023, as saying that the car theft ring is also suspected of being involved in human trafficking.
Donovan said Houston is a “hub for the cartels.
“You have a network of drug distributors all throughout the US and in Houston and they receive massive fentanyl and cocaine from Mexico. They’re also involved in other criminal activities besides just the distribution and trafficking of drugs,” Donovan warned.
“It’s just a massive point of transshipment, it’s also like a brokering place. So dope goes into Houston, it’ll go to Atlanta, it’ll go to Chicago,” he added.
MORE cartel-related crime in Texas, with one of the suspects being an illegal alien who was previously arrested and NEVER deported
Make no mistake, the border crisis WORSENS our crime crisis https://t.co/8sQx32M8BD
— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) April 5, 2024
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