Texas Border Business
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents recently arrested four sex offenders and an attempted murderer.
Last Saturday, McAllen agents working near Mission, Texas, arrested a Mexican national whose records checks revealed an arrest and conviction in the state of Michigan for criminal sexual conduct in the 2nd degree. The man received 57 months of confinement for the crime.
The following day, Rio Grande City agents on patrol arrested a Mexican national after he illegally entered the United States. During processing, record checks revealed an arrest by the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office charged the man with aggravated incest against a child. The presiding judge sentenced the man to nine years of incarceration.
On Monday, Rio Grande City agents working near Roma, Texas, arrested a Mexican national whose record checks revealed an arrest in Florida by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office for attempted murder in the 1st degree. The man was sentenced to two years of confinement.
Later that same day, McAllen agents on patrol arrested a Mexican national after he illegally entered the United States. During processing, his record checks revealed an arrest in Louisiana by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office for sexual battery/molestation of a juvenile. Additionally, record checks revealed an extensive criminal history to include, cocaine possession, money laundering, possession with intent to distribute. The man received a sentence of two years incarceration and two years probation for the sexually related crime.
This morning, Rio Grande City agents working near Sullivan City, Texas, arrested an El Salvadoran national, who was later identified as a convicted sex offender. Record checks revealed the subject was arrested and convicted in Grand Island, Nebraska on one count of sexual assault on a minor, and two counts of sexual assault of a child. The subject was sentenced to four years confinement for his crimes.
Border Patrol is processing the men accordingly.
The public is encouraged to take a stand against crime in their communities and to help save lives by reporting suspicious activity at 800-863-9382.
