Texas troopers continue to find missing children, arrest ‘most wanted’ criminals from border crisis
DPS troopers have rescued more than 600 children through its Interdiction for the Protection of Children (IPC) Program,
By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor
Published: April 26, 2025 10:26pm
(The Center Square) -
Texas Department of Public Safety officers continue to find missing children and arrest those on its criminal illegal immigrant most wanted list.
With April being “Child Abuse Prevention Month,” DPS troopers have rescued more than 600 children through its Interdiction for the Protection of Children (IPC) Program, DPS said. IPC officers are trained “to identify victims of exploitation, missing children, crimes against children and high-risk threats against children,” DPS said.
Through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, DPS troopers rescued more than 900 children illegally brought into the U.S. in Texas alone under the Biden administration, The Center Square reported.
So far this year, DPS and other agencies have arrested 21 Texas 10 Most Wanted fugitives, sex offenders and others, including six sex offenders and seven criminal illegal immigrants – with $25,000 in rewards being paid for tips that yielded arrests, DPS said.
One recent arrest was of a fugitive on Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants List, 46-year-old Mexican national Carlos Ortiz. He was arrested after DPS received a tip through Crime Stoppers.
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