Carlos Salas Barrios, a 41-year-old Mexican citizen, is charged with voting illegally in the 2024 general election.
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VINCESep 16, 2026
Multiple primary and tier1 sources (DOJ US Attorney release, Texas AG release, NBC DFW, Star-Telegram) confirm Carlos Salas Barrios, a 41-year-old Mexican citizen, was charged with voting by an alien in a federal election for casting a provisional ballot in Tarrant County in the November 2024 general election.
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… Citizenship, registered to vote, or voted, despite registering and then subsequently voting in the 2018 general election. Carlos Salas Barrios is 41 years old, Mexican citizen, who and also voted in the general election in 2024. Not a citizen, voted illegally, now busted. Kalwinder Singh Bangura, 69-year-old from India, lawful permanent resident, also voted in the, oh, look at that, the November 2024 general election. That thing that never happens, it just happened again. It just keeps happening. How about that? …
VINCE · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas announced charges against seven non-citizens, including Carlos Salas Barrios, a 41-year-old Mexican citizen charged with voting by an alien in a federal election.[1][3]
Supports. Prosecutors allege Barrios cast a provisional ballot in Tarrant County in the November 2024 general election despite not being a citizen and not being registered, which they say was unlawful even though the ballot was rejected.[3][4]
Supports. Texas AG Ken Paxton's office announced the arrest of Mexican citizen Carlos Salas Barrios for voting by an alien, corroborating the federal charges.[2][5]
Context. Sources note Barrios's ballot was rejected and that he is a lawful permanent resident since 2018; the claim's wording does not address these details, which do not overturn the charge.[4][6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 primary, 4 not rated
- 1Federal prosecutors crack down on illegal voting: Seven non ...justice.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 2Attorney General Ken Paxton Announces the Arrest of ...texasattorneygeneral.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Tarrant County illegal voting charges involve nine people ...nbcdfw.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Seven non-citizens face federal charges tied to Tarrant, Dallas County electionsstar-telegram.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Seven Noncitizens Arrested in Texas Election-Related Casestexaspolitics.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Texas and feds announce noncitizen voting charges against ...hppr.org · not rated · cited for: context
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