A suspected MS-13 gang member who is in the United States illegally was apprehended by federal immigration agents after becoming stuck on a business sign in the Houston area while attempting to flee custody, according to officials.
On October 27, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials apprehended Marlon Odir Gomez Hernandez, a 29-year-old El Salvador native. Gomez Hernandez was apprehended during a targeted enforcement operation in the Houston area and immediately tried to flee.
According to ICE, the man went into a laundry, climbed through the ceiling to reach the roof, and then got trapped on the business’s sign. ICE officials removed him safely.
Gomez Hernandez allegedly entered the United States illegally on an unknown date after being detained in El Salvador in January 2022, along with six other accused MS-13 members, on serious extortion charges.
He is currently detained at the Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe pending the outcome of his immigration procedures.
“Once again, an illegal alien put the local community in danger by recklessly fleeing from ICE officers who were simply enforcing immigration laws that have been on the books for decades,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston Field Office Director Bret Bradford. “Unfortunately, this has become a daily occurrence for our officers here in Houston thanks to the violent rhetoric being spewed by elected officials encouraging illegal aliens to resist enforcement of the same laws they established.”
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