Image Credit: Austin Police Dept. | DHS A trio of illegal aliens from Mexico have been arrested for the recent murder of a woman in Texas, authorities say.
On Oct. 6, a tire shop employee found a body in a wooded area behind the Austin business.
Mary Gonzales, 43, had reportedly been shot and left to die.
The night before, Austin police pulled a vehicle over for a moving violation and encountered 21-year-old Enrique Gomez-Urbina, Fox 7 reports.
Inside the vehicle, officers discovered a Glock handgun, ammunition, and open beer bottles.
Inexplicably, Gomez-Urbina was apparently a free man just hours later when investigators linked his vehicle to the crime and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Gomez-Urbina was tracked down by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and arrested on charges of first-degree murder and resisting arrest and is being held in the Travis County Correctional Complex on $254,000 bond.
Jesus Llamas-Yanez, 48, was arrested in connection with the murder at the same time.
Llamas-Yanez has a significant criminal history in the U.S. and is also wanted on a weapons charge in Mexico.
A third suspect, Javier Roman Hernandez, was also arrested and is currently in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with Llamas-Yanez, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Roman Hernandez crossed the border on July 23, 2023, using the Biden administration’s CBP One app to book an appointment at the point of entry in Hidalgo, TX.
It remains unclear where or when the other men entered the U.S.
“These alleged cold-blooded murderers should have never been in our country in the first place and Mary Gonzales should still be alive,” said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
“One of these criminals came into our country using Biden’s disastrous CBP One app. Open border policies have deadly consequences. Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, these accused murderers will never be free on American streets to commit heinous crimes again.”
Authorities continue to catch dangerous foreign criminals in the U.S.