Maybe the fifth time’s the charm.
A woman from Mexico, who had been deported from the United States four times in the past and has been convicted six times each for driving under the influence and theft, was deported to her home country once again on Thursday.
The Director of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston Field Office, Bret Bradford, expressed his astonishment at the lack of regard this repeat offender showed towards the laws and the law enforcement officers who risk their lives daily to uphold them, stating, “I have served in law enforcement for more than 30 years, and few things surprise me, but the level of disrespect that this criminal alien has shown for our system of laws and for the brave men and women who risk their lives every day to uphold those laws is shocking.”
Leticia Caballero Guadarrama, aged 53, was once again deported to Mexico on Thursday. Guadarrama accumulated multiple convictions for driving under the influence and theft while residing illegally in the United States, as per authorities.
Leticia Caballero Guadarrama, 53, was taken from the Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe, Texas, to the Laredo Port of Entry where she was released into Mexico, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Friday.
Guadarrama entered the U.S. illegally at least six times before voluntarily returning to Mexico in 2002, ICE said.
In the years since, she was deported once in 2003, twice in 2009, once in 2010 and again on Thursday.
Families cross the Rio Bravo illegally to surrender to American authorities at the border of Mexico’s Ciudad Juárez with El Paso, Texas, on Dec. 23, 2021. (Christian Torres/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
While in the U.S., Guadarrama racked up a lengthy criminal history, being convicted six times for DWI, as well as six more times for theft.
She also has two convictions for refusing to show identification to authorities.
“After repeatedly entering the country illegally and getting behind the wheel intoxicated, she has victimized hard-working Texans over and over again by stealing their money and property and then attempted to avoid accountability by refusing to provide law enforcement with identification after she was caught,” Bradford said.
“By carelessly flaunting our system of laws, her actions endangered everyone in the community and have wasted significant taxpayer-funded government resources,” he added.
