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Previously Deported Dallas Sex Offender Arrested By Border Patrol Agents In Arizona

TUCSON, Arizona (CBSDFW.COM) – U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a previously deported sex offender from Honduras Monday night near Sells, Arizona.

Tucson Sector agents patrolling a remote trail encountered and arrested 32-year-old Henrry Zelaya-Flores after he illegally entered the United States from Mexico through the desert, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a news release Wednesday.

Henrry Zelaya-Flores
Henrry Zelaya-Flores (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

Records checks revealed Zelaya-Flores was convicted of Indecency with a Child in 2016 in Dallas County and received a two-year sentence.

He was deported from the United States in June 2017.

Zelaya-Flores faces federal prosecution for re-entry immigration violations.

 

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