Criminal Illegal Immigrant On Texas’ Most Wanted List For Crimes Against Children Captured

The Texas Department of Public Safety has announced the capture of another fugitive from the Texas Top 10 Most Wanted Illegal Immigrants List. And it was a tip to Crime Stoppers that helped authorities take him down.

Carlos Venegas Ortiz, a citizen of Mexico, was captured in Tarrant County recently. He has been on the loose and wanted in Tarrant County since October of 2024 for "continuous sexual abuse of a young child".

Texas Top 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, so far in 2025 DPS and other agencies have arrested 21 people from the list that makes up the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives.

Carlos Venegas Ortiz was first arrested in Tarrant County in 2008. He has been arrested since 2008 for causing bodily injury to a family member and also for driving while intoxicated.

You can view the entire Texas 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants list here.

You can always reach out to Crime Line with any tips you may have. And one tip may mean a cash reward to you.

To be eligible for cash rewards, tipsters MUST provide information to authorities using one of the following three methods:

• Call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477).
• Submit a web tip through the DPS website by selecting the fugitive you have information about then clicking on the link under their picture.
• Submit a Facebook tip by clicking the “SUBMIT A TIP” link (under the “About” section).

All tips are anonymous— regardless of how they are submitted — and tipsters will be provided a tip number instead of using a name.

It's good to see these criminals off our streets.