HOUSTON – Two fugitives listed on Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants List have been captured by the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Jorge Dionicio Hernandez, 33, and Omar David Zavala, 30, were both arrested earlier Friday in Houston and Mesquite.
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Hernandez, a criminal illegal immigrant from Mexico, was taken into custody in Houston on Friday by Special Agents from DPS’ Criminal Investigations Division (CID), U.S. Homeland Security Investigations and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
He had been wanted out of Harris County since Jan. 2022, for indecency with a child by sexual contact. Back in 2009, Hernandez was convicted of multiple counts of driving while intoxicated in Harris County and was subsequently removed from the United States. In July 2021, Hernandez was arrested by the Houston Police Department for providing a false driver license/identification card and bonded out of jail.
A Crime Stoppers reward will be paid in Hernandez’s arrest.
Zavala, a criminal illegal immigrant from El Salvador, was arrested in Mesquite on Friday. DPS Special Agents assigned to the Texas Anti-Gang (TAG) center in Houston and members of the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force coordinated with DPS Special Agents assigned to the Special Investigations Section in Garland, the U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force and the Dallas Police Department Drone Unit to locate and arrest Zavala.
He had been wanted out of Harris County since 2022 for sexual assault, terroristic threat and obstruction/retaliation. In 2014, Zavala was arrested multiple times by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In 2015, he was removed from the United States. In May 2020, Zavala was arrested by the Houston Police Department for terroristic threat and obstruction/retaliation.