Illegal Immigrant Accused of Operating Fake ID Mill

NACOGDOCHES COUNTY — An illegal immigrant has been detained and is on a Homeland Security hold after it was learned he was making fraudulent identification cards in Nacogdoches County. According to KETK, Andres Ramos Marrero, 45, was arrested by deputies executing two search warrants Friday afternoon at a trailer home on County Road 522. Marrero is accused of making several different forms of fake IDs: Social security cards, residential alien cards, Mexico identification cards Texas ID cards and Texas driver license.

According to Nacogdoches County Sheriff Jason Bridges, an ongoing investigation into fraudulent identifications cards led investigators to identify the main target of the investigation. His department had received complaints about fraudulent cards and had recovered some of over the last several months. Marrero confessed to manufacturing at least 200 fraudulent identification cards over the last 8 months.