AZMEX I3 24-6-19

AZMEX I3 24 JUN 2019

Note: mug shot at link.


Yuma Border Patrol agents arrested a previously deported child molester
By: Sumiko Keil
Posted: Jun 24, 2019 12:00 PM MST
Updated: Jun 24, 2019 12:07 PM MST

https://www.kyma.com/news/yuma-border-patrol-agents-arrested-a-previously-deported-child-molester/1088945068

YUMA, Ariz. - A previously deported child molester was arrested by Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents
on Wednesday night after allegedly entering the United States illegally with a group of family units.

According to agents, a group of six undocumented immigrants was arrested near County 23rd Street and the Salinity Canal.

Upon their arrest, agents said their record checks revealed that 41-year-old Juan Rojas-Rodriguez,
a previously deported Mexican national was convicted of sex with a minor under 14 years of age in California in 1996.

Rojas-Rodriguez was last deported in 2008 after immigration officials encountered him at the Lompoc Federal Correction Institution in California.

Agents said Rojas-Rodriguez is charged with re-entry as a previously deported aggravated felon.

The other five undocumented immigrants, Guatemalan nationals traveling in family units are being processed for immigration violations.

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20,000 elements are sent to borders to contain migrants
Details Published on Monday June 24, 2019,
Written by EXCELSIOR

http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=131146

CDMX

Two thousand are located directly on the southern border of Mexico with Guatemala and Belize,
from Tapachula to Chetumal, supporting the National Migration Institute

The Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) has deployed more than 20,000 elements
to contain the passage of migrants on the borders of Mexico, said its owner Luis Cresentcio Sandoval.

The official affirmed that of these 2 thousand are directly on the southern border of Mexico with Guatemala and Belize,
from Tapachula to Chetumal, supporting the National Institute of Migration.

"We are doing a whole coverage on the southern border and there we are contributing with the effort of the National Institute of Migration,
who has the right now to be doing the assurance of people, and we are supporting them to carry this activity.
If we left it entirely in the hands of the National Institute of Migration,
it would not be possible, they are effective reduced, "said the head of Sedena.

He explained that the other 4 thousand 500 elements that were deployed to the southeast of the country
are located in different areas from the border and to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

Migrants from Central America who are detected by the elements of the Sedena are not treated as criminals, he stressed.

"Considering that migration is not a crime, it is an administrative fault.
Then, we only stop them, we put them at the disposal of the authorities so that they can carry out their normal procedure that must be done
or the authorities will determine what will be developed in the future for these migrants, "commented Sandoval.

He acknowledged that also on the northern border is acting to contain migrants trying to reach the United States,
as captured in a photograph where soldiers try to stop migrants seeking passage to the United States.

"And it's the same in the northern part of the country.
We also have a total deployment between National Guard and army units of 14 thousand,
almost 15 thousand men in the northern part of the country, "the General Secretary said.

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