MEXICAN SEX OFFENDER AND SIX-TIME DEPORTEE IN ICE CUSTODY
Arrested following high-speed chase; possesses extensive criminal history
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A complaint was issued today on an admitted Mexican gang member, convicted child sex offender and six-time deportee who was arrested last week by Cedar County Sheriff's Department a day after a high-speed chase with Missouri Highway patrol, and ultimately turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Roberto Madrigal-Lopez, 33, and his passenger fled to nearby woods following the Aug. 2 wreck of their vehicle during the high-speed chase. Upon his Aug. 3 arrest, Madrigal-Lopez originally claimed to be Carlos Lopez-Garcia. However, expedited fingerprint checks confirmed his true identity, and his extensive criminal conviction history, which includes:

First-Degree Sexual Abuse of a Minor under 14 (10-year sentence) October 2002 Arkansas
Evading a Police Officer and Disregard for Public Safety (16-month sentence), December 1998, California
Re-Entry after Deportation (2-year sentence), January 1996, California federal conviction
Revocation of federal probation for violating 1996 Re-Entry conviction (12-month sentence) August 2004
Auto Theft (16-month sentence), February 1994, California
Sale and Possession of Heroin (3-year sentence), June 1993, California
In addition, Madrigal-Lopez has been deported from the U.S. on: October 1993, March 1995, April 1997, June 1997, November 2000 and March 2005. Re-entering the United States after being formally deported is a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

"Madrigal-Lopez has continually demonstrated that he doesn't belong in this country,� said Elissa Brown, special agent-in-charge of the ICE Chicago office. “With his extensive criminal activity, we'll work with the U.S. Attorney's Office to keep him off U.S. streets.� Brown heads the ICE Office of Investigations which includes a six-state area of: Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky and Wisconsin.

Madrigal-Lopez, who is heavily tattooed, is also an admitted member of the Mexican gang: the Border Brothers. He is now in ICE custody being held without bond.

The U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri in Springfield, has accepted the case for prosecution.

Madrigal-Lopez was arrested by the Cedar County Missouri Sheriff's Department on Aug. 5 on charges of Leaving the Scene of an Accident, Resisting Arrest and multiple traffic violations.

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