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Another Texas 10 Most Wanted Captured Criminal Illegal Immigrant

                    Friday, 8/8/2025
Jose Manuel Contreras Garcia
Up To $3,000 Reward
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RACE: White (Hispanic) SEX: Male DOB: 5/6/1981
HEIGHT: 5'7" WEIGHT: 200    
AKA: Jose Contreras
SMT: None Reported
FBI #: 829867AE5
SID #: TX20625295, LA2867155
TDC #: N/A
WANTED FOR: Aggravated Robbery with a Deadly Weapon, Aggravated Kidnapping
CCH: Alien Inadmissibility, Fugitive Arrest
DATE     
CAPTURED: 7/20/2025
CAPTURE  
LOCATION: Houston, Texas
CAPTURING
AGENCY: Harris Co Constable's Office Pct 1
CAUTION: Subject should be considered ARMED and DANGEROUS! Subject has VIOLENT TENDENCIES!
CAPTURE DETAILS:

Jose Manuel CONTRERAS GARCIA, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrant, was captured on July 20, 2025, in Houston, Texas, following a traffic stop conducted by the Harris County Constable’s Office – Precinct 1. In June 2014, CONTRERAS GARCIA was arrested by the Kenner Police Department in Louisiana on an outstanding warrant. In August 2017, CONTRERAS GARCIA was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Louisiana for Alien Inadmissibility. Subsequently, he was held in an ICE Detention Center in Louisiana and released approximately one month later.CONTRERAS GARCIA had been wanted since May 2025, when warrants were issued out of Harris County for his arrest for Aggravated Robbery with a Deadly Weapon and Aggravated Kidnapping.CONTRERAS GARCIA’s arrest was not from tip information received through Texas Crime Stoppers, so no reward will be paid.

To be eligible for the cash rewards, tipsters must provide information to authorities using one of the following methods:
• Call the Texas Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477)
• Submit a web tip through the Texas 10 Most Wanted website or Facebook page • Submit a tip through the DPS Mobile App
All tips are anonymous – regardless of how they are submitted, and tipsters will be provided a tip number instead of using a name.
Callers’ anonymity is guaranteed by law and you could earn up to the CASH REWARD amount listed for each fugitive.
These fugitives should be considered Armed and Dangerous! Never try to apprehend a fugitive yourself.

To be eligible for the cash rewards, tipsters must provide information to authorities using one of the following methods: • Call the Texas Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477) • Submit a web tip through the Texas 10 Most Wanted website or Facebook page • Submit a tip through the DPS Mobile App All tips are anonymous – regardless of how they are submitted, and tipsters will be provided a tip number instead of using a name. Callers’ anonymity is guaranteed by law and you could earn up to the CASH REWARD amount listed for each fugitive. These fugitives should be considered Armed and Dangerous! Never try to apprehend a fugitive yourself.


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