Crime and Immigration Enforcement

A Louisiana guardian recently pleaded guilty to raping his 12-year-old relative, and authorities say he is an illegal immigrant from Honduras.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained a Mexican national accused of sexually assaulting a minor in South Carolina. Local law enforcement had arrested him after the alleged sexual assault, and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement took custody shortly thereafter. Reports say the alleged assault followed the birth of the child in a hospital parking lot, though authorities have not released many details.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to withhold $110 million from Houston over a city policy limiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer holds. The threat followed a Houston City Council vote that removed a prior requirement to hold arrestees for ICE at least 30 minutes. The change became politically urgent after the alleged sledgehammer killing of carpenter Juan Antonio Salinas Leija at a north Houston renovation site. Authorities arrested 19-year-old Venezuelan national Josue Abraham Chirino-Leonice in east Houston after he was seen driving the victim's truck, and ICE lodged a detainer with the Harris County Jail urging officials not to release him.

A former U.S. Navy member, Adon Abel, has been charged in a series of alleged Atlanta-area killings that left at least two people dead.