Deported Man With Arvada Sex Conviction Arrested At Border: ICE

Santa Theresa, NM – U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agents (CPB) arrested two convicted sex offenders attempting to enter the U.S illegally in southern New Mexico this week. One of them had a criminal history for a sex offense in Arvada, ICE said.

Early May 2, U.S. Border Patrol Agents arrested a group of four after they entered three miles east of the Santa Teresa Port of entry, CBP said in a news release. The four men included two citizens of Guatemala and two from China.

"Border Patrol Agents processed the group at the Santa Teresa Border Patrol when record checks indicated that one subject, a 44-year-old Guatemalan, had been arrested in May 2001 by the Arvada Police Department in Colorado. A criminal background check utilizing biometric databases found that the subject had been charged with 'first degree sexual assault' and was deported from the U.S. after serving a two-year sentence at the Colorado Department of Corrections," CBP added.

The man's name was not released.

Wednesday shortly after midnight, agents working in the boot heel of New Mexico detained a previously deported 36-year-old Guatemalan man. After searching his fingerprints, Border Patrol Agents discovered he had an extensive criminal history, including a conviction for “lewd acts with a child under the age of 14” in Santa Clarita, California, for which he was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison.

"The subject was deported from the United States in 2016. The subject will remain in custody pending criminal and immigration prosecution for his prior order of removal and criminally prosecuted for illegal re-entry," CBP said.

By Fernando Alfonso III, Patch Staff