U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed Humberto Romero Avila, a 45-year-old Paisas gang member and foreign fugitive, to Mexico on February 13.
Romero has illegally entered the U.S. 10 times and is wanted in Mexico for allegedly murdering Geovany Uriel Prado Morales, a 22-year-old Mexican national, on December 2, 2007, in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico.
ICE transported Romero from the Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe to the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge in Laredo, where he was transferred into the custody of Mexican authorities.
Romero has been convicted four times of driving while intoxicated and once for larceny, illegal entry, and illegal reentry while in the U.S. illegally.
Romero illegally entered the U.S. March 22, 2002; June 14, 2002; June 16, 2002; June 20, 2002; and March 3, 2005. On each occasion, he was immediately apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol and voluntarily returned to Mexico the same day.
Romero illegally entered the U.S. for a sixth time on an unknown date and at an unknown location and was not encountered until Aug. 3, 2012, at the Nacogdoches County Jail in Nacogdoches following his arrest for driving under the influence.
ICE lodged an immigration detainer with the jail, and he was released into ICE custody on August 9, 2012, and placed into immigration proceedings. An immigration judge with the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review ordered Romero removed from the U.S. to Mexico on August 24, 2012. ICE officers carried out that order and removed Romero to Mexico on August 27, 2012.
Romero illegally entered the U.S. for a seventh time on an unknown date and at an unknown location and was encountered on August 31, 2013, at the Shelby County Jail in Center following his arrest for larceny and DWI (third offence).
ICE lodged an immigration detainer with the jail, and he was transferred into ICE custody on January 14, 2014. ICE reinstated his prior removal order, and he was removed to Mexico on January 16, 2014.
Romero illegally entered the U.S. for the eighth time on February 7, 2014, and was immediately apprehended by the Border Patrol. His prior removal order was reinstated, and the Border Patrol removed Romero to Mexico on February 11, 2014.
Romero illegally entered the U.S. for the ninth time on March 7, 2014, and the Border Patrol immediately apprehended him. His prior removal order was reinstated, and the Border Patrol forwarded his case for prosecution for illegal entry.
Romero was convicted of illegal entry on March 10, 2014, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas and sentenced to 150 days of incarceration. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons transferred Romero into ICE custody on August 1, 2014, following his release from prison, and he was removed to Mexico that same day.
Romero illegally entered the U.S. for a 10th time on an unknown date and at an unknown location and wasn’t encountered again until March 22, 2024, following his arrest for felony DWI (fourth offence) in Shelby County. ICE lodged an immigration detainer with the jail and forwarded his case for prosecution for illegal reentry.
While conducting routine background checks, ICE was notified by the U.S. Embassy in Mexico that Romero was wanted for homicide in Mexico. Romero was convicted of illegal reentry on January 28 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and was sentenced to time served. The Bureau of Prisons transferred Romero into ICE custody on January 31, and his prior removal order was reinstated.
