Mexican migrant in U.S. accused of sexually abusing children

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A Mexican migrant in the United States illegally was arrested in Louisiana last month after being accused of sexually abusing multiple children in Texas.

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The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, near Houston, announced the arrest of 49-year-old Jose Luis Briseno on Nov. 21 after receiving help from the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force in Louisiana.

Police say the accused has a history with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is confirmed to be in the United States illegally.

He was extradited to Texas and is being held in custody.

According to court documents obtained by the New York Post, Briseno allegedly touched at least two young girls on at least three occasions while he cut hair at a Texas barber shop.

One victim alleged that he threatened to pull his gun on her family in early November and then gave her $13 to keep quiet.

The same girl told authorities that he sexually abused her a second time later that day at a nearby home while he was shooting cans with a BB gun in the backyard.

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He promised to purchase a toy for the victim “to not say a word,” the court document alleged.

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Later, the accused bought some toys for children at a nearby residence, but told them the gifts didn’t have batteries. He managed to load four children in his vehicle so that they could go to the store to purchase the batteries.

However, the children were driven to his home instead where he asked the earlier victim to help him find batteries inside the residence.

That’s when the victim was sexually abused a third time by the man after the girl begged him to not do it again, court records said.

According to police, the accused recorded the abuse on his phone.

Briseno is also alleged to have sexually abused another child after luring her into his car to look for money at his home to buy batteries for toys.

The child was brought to his home where she was abused and told the man to stop, according to the court filings.

Police said Briseno, before he fled to Louisiana, is also accused of stealing thousands of dollars from his family’s business.

According to The Post, Briseno migrated to the U.S. illegally in 2004. A decade later, he was convicted of several crimes, including domestic assault, in San Antonio. He was sentenced to 112 days and fined $500.

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