ICE - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

06/05/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/05/2025 11:11

3 illegal aliens arrested in Southeast Texas following execution of search warrant for suspected child sexual abuse materials

GALVESTON, Texas - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations Houston, the Galveston County Sheriff's Office, and the Houston Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested three illegal aliens June 3 while executing a search warrant for suspected child sexual abuse materials at a residence in Galveston.

Following the search, Edgar Javier Escobedo Castillo, an 18-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, was criminally arrested for possession of child sexual abuse material. Javier Escobedo Rangel and Nieves Castillo Guzman, both 49-year-old illegal aliens from Mexico, were taken into custody for administrative immigration violations.

The search is part of an ongoing joint child exploitation investigation between HSI Houston's Galveston office and the Galveston County Sheriff's Office that began after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children alerted authorities to suspicious online activity involving social media accounts linked to Escobedo Javier.

For more news and information on ICE HSI's efforts to investigation child exploitation in Southeast Texas, follow us on X at @HSIHouston.

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