Stash House Raid Leads To Arrest Of Wanted Gang Member

The Texas Department of Public Safety uncovered a stash house and arrested a wanted criminal illegal immigrant gang member during Operation Lone Star in Maverick County last week.

On May 29, 2026, just after 12:00 a.m., DPS Troopers received information about a possible stash house operating inside a hotel room in Eagle Pass.

Troopers made contact with a woman inside the room. After officers detected a strong smell of marijuana, she gave consent for a search.

When Troopers entered, they found the room being used as a stash house and located four illegal immigrants from Honduras hiding under blankets.

Troopers identified two of the individuals as Joseph Angel Gusman, 21, and Daniel Castillo Dionisio, 21, both Rollin’ 30s Crips gang members with prior illegal reentry and alien inadmissibility records with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Further investigation showed that Dionisio was wanted by the New Orleans Police Department on multiple felony warrants for armed robbery and aggravated assault with a firearm. He was arrested and booked into the Maverick County Jail.

Gusman and the other two illegal immigrants were referred to Border Patrol.

Two United States citizens, Juella Monet Brown, 27, of Grandview, Missouri, and Starr Ricki Drake, 26, of Euless, Texas, were charged with operating a stash house and booked into the Maverick County Jail.