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Three illegal aliens from El Salvador were arrested by Houston Police Department investigators after they allegedly attempted to meet up with underage girls. The arrests are part of an ongoing sting operation targeting dating apps, officials stated.
Houston Police Department detectives arrested Abner Ruiz, Carlos Gomez, and Erick Menjivar for online solicitation of a minor earlier this week, according to Fox 26 Houston. The three illegal aliens from El Salvador allegedly used a dating app, Jaumo, to communicate with who they believed were girls ranging in age from 14 to 16 years. One of the men is also facing charges of fleeing in a vehicle and failure to stop and render aid after he crashed into a gate, injuring a pedestrian, the District Court judge said in court.
“Houston police confirm that the three were arrested in separate incidents as part of an ongoing operation,” Fox 26’s Abagail Dye reported. “HPD did not say they are targeting undocumented immigrants.”
Houston Field Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers who work in the Harris County jail placed immigration detainers on the three Salvadoran nationals. Fox 26 published the following statements from ERO officials:
Carlos Gomez
“Carlos Murcia Gomez is a 33-year-old previously deported criminal alien from El Salvador who illegally entered the United States Oct. 19, 2012. An immigration judge ordered Murcia Gomez removed from the U.S. Feb. 20, 2020, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported him to El Salvador March 2, 2020. On an unknown date, Murcia Gomez illegally reentered the U.S. and wasn’t encountered again by U.S. immigration officials until July 17, 2025, when ICE lodged an immigration detainer on him with the Harris County Jail following his arrest for online solicitation of a minor. In addition to his current criminal charges, Murcia Gomez was convicted of assaulting a family member Aug. 10, 2015.”
Erick Menjivar
“Erick Omar Lara Menjivar is a 30-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador who illegally entered the United States July 25, 2018, near San Ysidro, California. He was arrested the same day by the U.S. Border Patrol and released July 28, 2018, pending disposition of his immigration proceedings. Lara Menjivar’s immigration case was dismissed by an immigration judge Aug. 19, 2024, after the federal government exercised prosecutorial discretion pursuant to the immigration enforcement priorities at the time. ICE lodged an immigration detainer on Lara Menjivar with the Harris County Jail July 18, 2025, following his arrest for online solicitation of a minor.” (Emphasis added by Breitbart)
Abner Ruiz
“Abner Martinez Ruiz is a 37-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador who illegally entered the United States on an unknown date. Martinez Ruiz wasn’t encountered by U.S. immigration officials until July 17, 2025, when ICE officers lodged an immigration detainer on him with the Harris County Jail following his arrest for online solicitation of a minor.”
Officials say that when Gomez arrived at the meetup location, he noticed police approaching and fled in his vehicle. “He’s alleged to have driven off at a high rate of speed, driving recklessly, and running stop signs before striking the closed gate which hit the pedestrian,” the judge said in a probable cause hearing. The cases are assigned to Judge Lance Long of the 183rd Criminal District Court. --->READ MORE HERE
Three undocumented immigrants from El Salvador are now in the Harris County Jail, each charged with online solicitation of a minor after records say they each used the same dating app to attempt to meet underage girls for sex.
The sting
Abner Ruiz, Carlos Gomez, and Erick Menjivar were arrested separately as part of an ongoing undercover operation, according to the Houston Police Department. All three men are currently being held on immigration detainer, according to ICE Houston field office officials.
Court records and hearings show each man believed he was communicating with a teenage girl. In one case, the suspect thought he was speaking with a 14-year-old.
Court hearings describe that each suspect traveled to meet with who they thought to be a minor for sex, and were met by police at the location.
Houston police confirm that the three were arrested in separate incidents as part of an ongoing operation. HPD did not say they are targeting undocumented immigrants.
Gomez makes a run for it
Records say that when Gomez arrived to the location and realized the teen he was talking to was actually a cop - he ran.
"He's alleged to have driven off at a high rate of speed, driving recklessly, and running stop signs before striking the closed gate which hit the pedestrian," said the judge in probable cause court.
Gomez is also charged with failure to stop and render aid after the incident; records say he hurt that pedestrian after hitting the gate.
"[He] now has multiple injuries, bodily injuries, all because Carlos Gomez wanted to have sex with an underage child," said Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers.
Records show that Gomez also has a violent conviction from 2015 and has a child under the age of 18. --->READ MORE HERE
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