in Houston favored prosecuting Joe Horn, who fatally shot two Colombian illegal immigrants stealing from his house in 2007. The Asociacion Peruana de Houston is the Peruvian-American association in the city. It engages in charity work in the United States and Peru, as well as holding celebrations for Peruvian Independence Day. Juan Alfonso Verastegui and some other Peruvians co-founded the organization in 1976. Notable residents This lists excludes people of only Mexican heritage, as they are listed in Mexican Americans in Houston, or of only Central American heritage, as they are at Central Americans in Houston Art Acevedo, Cuban American, former Houston Police Department chief Ted Cruz, Cuban American, U.S. Senator Lina Hidalgo, Colombian American, Harris County county judge References Rodriguez, Nestor. "Hispanic and Asian Immigration Waves in Houston." in: Chafetz, Janet Salzman and Helen Rose Ebaugh (editors). Religion and the New Immigrants: Continuities and Adaptations in Immigrant Congregations. AltaMira Press, October 18, 2000. , 9780759117129. Also available in: Ebaugh, Helen Rose Fuchs and Janet Saltzman Chafetz (editors). Religion and the New Immigrants: Continuities and Adaptations in Immigrant Congregations. Rowman & Littlefield, January 1, 2000. 0742503909, 9780742503908. Reference notes Houston Hispanic and Latino Ethnic groups in Houston