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Van Horn Border Patrol Agents Arrest Convicted Rapist Trying To Enter U.S. Illegally

VAN HORN, Texas – Van Horn Border Patrol agents arrested a convicted rapist who was trying to illegally enter the United States.

He was one of 35 undocumented migrants arrested for illegally entering the country. Records checks revealed the undocumented migrant, a citizen of El Salvador, was convicted of second-degree felony rape. He was most recently removed from the United States in November of 2016, for a felony re-entry after deportation conviction.

The El Salvadorian national was referred for criminal prosecution again for the same charge.

 

 

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