El Centro Sector Agents Arrest Two Sex Offenders in Separate Events
Published: 31 March 2021
El Centro, California - U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector arrested two illegal aliens Wednesday evening with prior convictions for a sexual offense.
The first incident occurred at approximately 7:58 p.m., when agents assigned to the Calexico Station encountered a man who illegally entered the United States 35 miles east of the Calexico Port of Entry. Agents placed the man under arrest and transported him to the El Centro Sector Rally Point for further processing.
Records checks revealed that the man, a 39-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, was previously convicted on July 14, 2010 in Santa Ana, California for Great Bodily Injury, Sex with a Minor and Lewd Acts with a Child. The illegal alien was sentenced to 28 months in prison for his sex crime. Additionally, on April 4, 2004, he was convicted of transporting and selling of narcotics, a felony and served 1 year in jail.