ICE Houston deports accused child rapist to Mexico
ERO Houston deports accused child rapist to Mexico
ICE's ERO Houston deported Nestor Flores Encarnacion, a 58-year-old foreign fugitive, to his home country of Mexico on Jan. 23. Flores is an undocumented alien who illegally entered the U.S. four times to evade prosecution in Veracruz, Mexico, for rape of a child.
HOUSTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston, with assistance from ERO Mexico and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement Task Force, deported Nestor Flores Encarnacion, a 58-year-old undocumented alien, to his home country of Mexico on Jan. 23.
Officials say Flores has illegally entered the U.S. four times and is wanted in Veracruz, Mexico, for the rape of a child.
Deported to Mexico
Timeline:
ICE deportation officers took Flores from the Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe, Texas, to the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge in Laredo, Texas, and he was transferred into the custody of Mexican authorities.

Mexican authorities escort Nestor Flores Encarnacion, a 58-year-old fugitive wanted for the rape of a child in Veracruz, Mexico, across the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge in Laredo, Texas, on Jan. 23. Flores, an undocumented alien from Mexico, was repatriated
According to ICE officials, Flores illegally entered the U.S. on Feb. 16, 2002, near Roma, Texas. The U.S. Border Patrol arrested Flores and voluntarily returned him to Mexico on Feb. 17, 2002. Flores illegally re-entered the U.S. on Feb. 20, 2002, and Feb. 22, 2002. On both occasions, he was arrested by Border Patrol officers and voluntarily returned to Mexico the same day.
Flores illegally entered the U.S. for a fourth time on an unknown date and at an unknown location. Houston deportation officers arrested Flores on Aug. 23, 2024, at a house in Houston after receiving an alert that he was potentially illegally living in the Houston area and wanted in Mexico for the rape of a child.
Flores was placed into immigration proceedings and granted a voluntary departure under safeguards by an immigration judge with the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review on Dec. 19, 2024.

Deportation officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston transferred Nestor Flores Encarnacion, a 58-year-old fugitive wanted for the rape of a child in Veracruz, Mexico, into the custody of Mexi
What they're saying:
"This foreign fugitive brazenly entered the U.S. in violation of our nation’s laws on four separate occasions to evade prosecution in Mexico for allegedly raping a child," said ERO Houston Field Office Director Bret A. Bradford. "Dangerous foreign fugitives and criminal aliens who are accused of, or have committed, heinous crimes like sexually assaulting a child will find no safe haven in Southeast Texas. Our immigration officers work tirelessly to successfully locate and apprehend undocumented aliens in the Houston area who threaten public safety, national security, and border security, and will not rest until they’re repatriated to their country of origin and no longer a threat to the community."
Dig deeper:
ERO is one of ICE’s three operational directorates and is the principal federal law enforcement authority in charge of domestic immigration enforcement.
ERO’s mission is to protect the homeland through the arrest and removal of those who undermine the safety of U.S. communities and the integrity of U.S. immigration laws, and its primary areas of focus are interior enforcement operations, management of the agency’s detained and non-detained populations, and repatriation of noncitizens who have received final orders of removal.
ERO’s workforce consists of more than 7,700 law enforcement and non-law enforcement support personnel across 25 domestic field offices and 208 locations nationwide, 30 overseas postings, and multiple temporary duty travel assignments along the border.
What you can do:
Members of the public who have information about foreign fugitives are urged to contact ICE by calling the ICE Tip Line at 1 (866) 347-2423 or internationally at 001-1802-872-6199. They can also file a tip online by completing ICE’s online tip form.
The Source: Information in this article is from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.