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Fri Jul 21, 2017, 11:16 AM Jul 2017

123 arrested across Texas, including 13 in Austin, in immigration sweep

Federal officers arrested 123 people – including 13 in Austin – across Central and South Texas during an eight-day operation that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said targeted criminals.

The people taken into custody had prior criminal convictions, ICE said in a statement Friday. The agency said 93 people had criminal histories that included convictions for aggravated assault, assault, child abuse, domestic violence, cocaine possession, fraud, drunken driving, drug trafficking, marijuana possession, illegal entry, illegal re-entry after deportation, larceny, possessing a controlled substance, and weapons possession.

Thirty others were arrested on immigration violations, ICE said.

Officers arrested 13 in Austin, three in Waco, 44 in Harlingen, 27 in Laredo and 36 in San Antonio. Of those arrested, 115 were men; eight were women.

Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/local/just-123-arrested-across-texas-including-austin-immigration-sweep/a4g8s1gveqqglLxBe8obBN/

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