Texas Border Business
EDINBURG, Texas – Border Patrol agents recently arrested two sex offenders in the Rio Grande Valley.
Early Thursday morning, Fort Brown agents arrested a Honduran national after he illegally entered the United States. During processing, record checks revealed an arrest in Maryland for rape second degree. The subject was subsequently convicted of a third-degree sex offense and sentenced to five years’ probation.
This morning, Weslaco agents working in Pharr, Texas, arrested a Mexican national whose record checks revealed a conviction in Hidalgo County, Texas. The man was charged with two counts of indecency with a child. The man received seven years of confinement for the crime.
Border Patrol is processing the subjects 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.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control, and protection of our nation’s borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds
