An illegal immigrant from Mexico, who has been deported four times from the U.S., including after a murder conviction in Alabama, was arrested last week in Houston.

Maribel Martinez Garcia, 40, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Thursday and was found to be in possession of a counterfeit Social Security card and fake lawful permanent resident card, ICE said in a news release. She is being held at the Montgomery Processing Center north of Houston on a charge of illegal reentry, and she faces additional charges.

“This arrest is just another example of the critical public safety function that ICE ERO [Enforcement and Removal Operations] serves in our local communities while enforcing our nation’s immigration laws,” said Bret A. Bradford, the field officer director at ERO Houston, in the news release. “Thanks to hypervigilance and outstanding teamwork between ERO Houston and ERO New Orleans we were able to quickly locate this convicted murderer who has repeatedly violated our nation’s immigration laws and safely take her into custody before she could hurt anyone else.”

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