A Venezuelan illegal alien has been arrested after he allegedly lit his home on fire with his three children still inside.
Police have arrested 46-year-old Pedro Luis Parra Pulgar, a Venezuelan national, after he purposefully set his house on fire while his children were still trapped inside the home in Fulshear, Texas, just outside of Houston. The children he tried to murder are two 15-year-olds and a three-year-old.
🚨 Fort Bend County, TX: Pedro Luis Parra Pulgar was arrested for Arson and three counts of Attempted Murder in connection to a house fire that occurred in November.
He has an immigration detainer hold.
He is accused of setting fire to his house with his three children inside.… pic.twitter.com/0PlsgPS7HL
— Illegal Alien Crimes (@ImmigrantCrimes) December 16, 2024
The two 15-year-olds were able to escape the home before first responders arrived on the scene, while police officers were able to rescue the three-year-old — who had to be rushed to the hospital via helicopter to be treated for smoke inhalation. The child has since been released from the hospital.
Pulgar was also injured during the fire.
The illegal alien has been arrested and charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count of arson. He is currently being held in Fort Bend County Jail on a bond of $2.25 million. Law enforcement has not officially confirmed whether Pulgar is actually an illegal alien, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has placed a detainer on him, meaning that he is likely illegal.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) responded to the shocking crime in a post on X.
“A Venezuelan immigrant – legal status unknown – is accused of setting a Texas house on fire with three children inside,” Abbott wrote in the post. “He better spend the rest of his life behind bars.”
A Venezuelan immigrant – legal status unknown – is accused of setting a Texas house on fire with three children inside.
He better spend the rest of his life behind bars.
I will work with Tom Homan to locate & deport as many of these criminals as we can. https://t.co/Fbx04jW09A
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) December 16, 2024
Texas is on the front lines when it comes to illegal immigration and illegal alien crimes, and Pulgar’s horrific actions came amid an illegal alien crime wave. According to The Daily Wire, “Just last week another migrant was also arrested outside of Houston, with this individual, a Guatemalan national named Jorge Agapito Ventura, being apprehended by federal agents over his alleged involvement in a human smuggling operation.”
“Ventura is believed to be one of the illegal alien smugglers involved with a smuggling operation that led to the death of more than 50 migrants when a trailer truck crashed three years ago in Chiapas, Mexico,” the outlet added.