New ‘ICE’ task force makes its first immigration arrest

BY KATE WARD Northwest Arkansas Times

Posted on Saturday, October 6, 2007

http://nwanews.com/nwat/News/57925/


Washington County deputies made their first arrest under a newly formed immigration enforcement team.

Herbier to Gonzalez-Rodriguez, 44, originally of Mexico, was taken into custody this week by members of the Northwest Arkansas Immigration Criminal Apprehension Task Force. Benton County Circuit Court records indicate that Gonzalez-Rodriguez was previously deported from the United States in April 1996 after being convicted of sexual abuse — an aggravated federal felony.

“ When they found out that he had re-entered the country, they snatched him up right away, â€