The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has lodged detainers asking Texas officials not to release two criminal illegal aliens from Mexico charged in a fatal head-on collision in New Braunfels that killed a man and injured a 3-year-old.
According to local reporting, 27-year-old Alex "Bubba" Nunez was killed in the September 12 crash, and his 3-year-old daughter was injured. Police say the driver who crashed into Nunez was Rafael Alejandro Arreguin-Ramirez, an illegal alien from Mexico, who was charged with intoxication manslaughter and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Arreguin-Ramirez's passenger, Alejandro Aguillen Acosta, also an illegal alien from Mexico, was charged with evading arrest and criminal trespass after he fled the scene and hid in a nearby garage. ICE lodged detainers for both suspects with the Guadalupe County Jail the day after they were arrested.
"These two illegal aliens from Mexico have been charged with intoxicated manslaughter, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and evading arrest for their involvement in a fatal head-on collision in Texas that killed a man and injured a 3-year-old," said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. "Alex Nunez should still be alive today because this tragedy was completely preventable. ICE has lodged detainers asking our partners in Texas to cooperate with us so that these criminals can be removed from our country after they face justice. My thoughts and prayers are with Alex Nunez's family, as well as for the child's speedy recovery."
DHS said Arreguin-Ramirez illegally entered the United States at an unknown date and location. Aguillen-Acosta first illegally entered through Texas in March 2023 and was granted a voluntary return to Mexico, then illegally re-entered through New Mexico in January 2025 and was deported that same month.