The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced in a public statement that Jose Antonio Marquina-Bonilla, identified as a Texas 10 Most Wanted criminal illegal immigrant, was apprehended in Dallas on charges of continuous sexual abuse of a young child.
According to the DPS’s official “Texas 10 Most Wanted” update, Marquina-Bonilla was arrested on August 3, 2025, in Dallas by officers from the Dallas Police Department working alongside DPS Criminal Investigations Division (CID) Special Agents and the Grapevine Police Department. The DPS had labeled him “armed and dangerous” due to the severity of his charges and his violent criminal history. The agency confirmed that his capture resulted from targeted investigative operations rather than public tips submitted to Texas Crime Stoppers.
As reported by FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth, Marquina-Bonilla’s record includes arrests by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Texas in 2015 and Arizona in 2016 for alien inadmissibility, which led to deportations to Honduras both times. In 2018, CBP in California arrested him for alien removal. In October 2023, the Grapevine Police Department arrested him for assault causing bodily injury to a family member, resulting in another deportation to Honduras the following month.
According to WFAA News, after his deportation in October 2023, Marquina-Bonilla illegally reentered Texas. In June 2025, the Grapevine Police Department issued a warrant for his arrest on a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a young child, a first-degree felony in Texas that alleges repeated sexual abuse over an extended period. His apprehension on August 3 ended nearly two months of being actively sought by law enforcement and removed him from the Texas 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants list.
The DPS is the statewide law enforcement agency responsible for highway patrol, criminal investigations, intelligence gathering, and emergency management across Texas. According to its official website, DPS administers the Texas 10 Most Wanted program in partnership with local, state, and federal agencies to locate and arrest the state’s most dangerous fugitives and sex offenders. Its mission is to protect the lives and property of Texans through proactive policing, investigative work, and collaborative public safety efforts.
