Immigrants with arrest records captured



Sat, 10/24/2009 - 02:27

By Bill Hess

A trio of illegal male immigrants from Mexico were found to have arrest records in California when they were processed by Border Patrol agents from the Douglas Station.

Tucson Sector spokeswoman Colleen Agle said the three were found to have significant criminal arrests when their fingerprints were checked against records Thursday.

One individual had been accused of intercourse with a minor and rape by force/fear, another of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and the third of threatening crime with intent to terrorize, child cruelty, and possible injury/death and battery of a spouse, ex-spouse or date, Agle said.

Meanwhile, Willcox Station agents apprehended an illegal male immigrant from Mexico who had an arrest record in California alleging rape of a child and sexual solicitation, Agle said.

Additionally, agents from the Casa Grande Station arrested an illegal male immigrant from Mexico who had a sexual abuse record in Oregon, she said.

Also, while agents from Casa Grande were processing an illegal male immigrant from Mexico, he admitted to being a member of the Sureño Trece criminal gang in California, the spokeswoman said.

From Thursday through Friday morning, 15 Chinese illegal immigrants were apprehended by agents in the Tucson Sector: four by agents at the Willcox Station, six by agents from the Tucson Station and five by agents from the Nogales Station, Agle said.

On Thursday, agents from Willcox Station came upon 20 small bundles of marijuana weighing 69 pounds with a street value of $55,200 while conducting checkpoint operations on Highway 191, she said. A male U.S. citizen was taken into custody in relation to the incident, the spokeswoman added.

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