AZMEX UPDATE 1 FEB 2019
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Border Patrol arrests Sureño gang member
Posted: Jan 31, 2019 04:56 PM MST
Updated: Jan 31, 2019 05:01 PM MST
https://www.kyma.com/news/border-patrol-arrests-sureno-gang-member/997032668
CALEXICO, Calif. - Border Patrol agents assigned to El Centro Sector arrested a gang member Wednesday afternoon, 42 miles west of the Calexico Port of Entry, suspected of illegally entering the United States.
At around 5:30 p.m., Border Patrol agents patrolling west of the Calexico Port of Entry said they arrested Hugo Evangelista-Ibanes on suspicion of illegal entry into the United States and transported him to a Border Patrol facility for further processing.
Agents confirmed his identity and discovered he was a 36-year-old Mexican national that had been removed from the United States on two previous occasions. Agents also discovered that he had an extensive criminal history and served a 60 month sentence in Oregon for unlawful use of a weapon in 2011. Evangelista admitted that he is a member of the Sureño street gang.
Evangelista is being held in custody pending prosecution for felony Federal charges.
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Former Southwest Key employee sentenced to 19 years in prison for sex abuse of migrant teens at Mesa facility
His sentence was increased because he exposed the victims to the HIV virus, according to the District of Arizona U.S. Attorney's Office.
Author: 12 News
Published: 2:17 PM MST February 1, 2019
Updated: 3:34 PM MST February 1, 2019
https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/former-southwest-key-employee-sentenced-to-19-years-in-prison-for-sex-abuse-of-migrant-teens-at-mesa-facility/75-64c7c3ae-f317-4085-bd12-3ee604d8d85b
A former Southwest Key employee charged with sexually abusing migrant teenage boys has been sentenced to 19 years in prison, the District of Arizona U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement.
Levian D. Pacheco, 25, was in charge of supervising the boys as a youth care worker at the Casa Kokopelli Southwest Key Facility in Mesa, Arizona.
Evidence at the trial showed that between August 2016 and July 2017, Pacheco sexually abused several teenage boys at the facility, according to the attorney's office.
RELATED: Mesa Southwest Key employee charged with sex acts against 8 migrant children
The jury convicted Pacheco of sexually abusing seven victims, some on more than one occasion, the attorney's office said.
Prosecutors said the acts of abuse included touching the boys' genitals over their clothes as well as other sexual abuse.
The victims had been detained at the Southwest Facility pending immigration cases.
RELATED: Former Mesa Southwest Key employee convicted on sex charges against migrant children
The attorney's office said Pacheco's sentence was increased because he exposed some of his victims to the HIV virus.
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