BY CBS 4 NEWS MONDAY, AUGUST 1ST 2016

Border Patrol agents arrested a Honduran rapist Thursday near Hidalgo.

Agents arrested Madai Gamaliel Amaya near Hidalgo, according to the criminal complaint against him.

"The defendant claims to have illegally entered the United States on July 27, 2016, near Hidalgo, Texas," according to the criminal complaint. "Record checks revealed the defendant was formally deported/excluded from the United States on July 26, 2013, through New Orleans, Louisiana."

The record check also revealed Amaya was convicted of second-degree rape and sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to the criminal complaint. The document doesn't provide details about the rape conviction.

Agents charged Amaya with illegal re-entry. He remains in federal custody.

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