Thread: Border agents arrest convicted child rapist

Published: 11.02.2007
Border agents arrest convicted child rapist
DAVID L. TEIBEL
Tucson Citizen
U.S. Border Patrol agents picked up a convicted child rapist Thursday morning near Nogales after the man allegedly crossed into the United States illegally, a Border Patrol spokeswoman said.
Jose Cruz-Garcia, a 32-year-old Mexican citizen, was taken into custody on a charge of rentry into the country by an aggravated felon after agents spotted him in the desert west of Nogales, said Border Patrol Agent Dove Haber.
Cruz-Garcia had been convicted of rape of a child in 1998 in Washington and was sentenced to a year in jail, Haber said.
Agents took Cruz-Garcia to the Nogales Border Patrol station and ran his fingerprints through a computerized fingerprint identification system, photographed him and ran his name through international and U.S. crime databases, determining he had been convicted in the sex case, Haber said.
He is being held in a federal detention facility awaiting formal removal proceedings in a federal court, Haber said, adding a judge could order his removal or deportation.
Under removal he could not apply for permission to re-enter the United States for 10 years. If he is deported he could not apply to re-enter the country for about 20 years, Haber said.
She said she did not know how long Cruz-Garcia would have to wait for his case to come up in court.
During the last fiscal year, from Oct. 1, 2006 to Sept. 30, Border Patrol agents using computerized fingerprint identification systems identified 127 sex crime convicts who were trying to enter the country. Figures for this fiscal year were not available, Haber said.

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Border agents bust sex offender; seize more than a ton of pot
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 11.01.2007

A sex offender was arrested near Nogales and 2,400 pounds of marijuana was seized from a residence on the Tohono O’odham Nation in separate incidents Thursday involving the Border Patrol, the agency said.
Jose Cruz-Garcia, 32, of Mexico, was arrested by agents near Nogales, a news release from the agency said. A fingerprint scan and records check revealed that Cruz-Garcia was convicted in 1998 of raping a child in Washington. He was processed for removal proceedings at the Nogales Border Patrol station and will be turned over to Mexican authorities.
The drug seizure occurred in the village of Little Tucson near Sells, when agents who had been looking for a vehicle spotted bundles of marijuana at house, the release said.
Agents were securing the marijuana and waiting for the Tohono O’odham police when a man jumped out of a window of the home and ran away.
Agents apprehended him and two others inside the house. Two of them were illegal entrants from Mexico and the third man was a U.S. citizen.
The 2,400 pounds of marijuana has an estimated street value of $1.38 million, according to figures from the National Drug Intelligence Center. The marijuana was turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration for disposal.

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I want to see how they intend to prosecute the citizen. If he gets jail time, so should the others.. Sheriff Joe can take all of them and put em to work.

If you deport the illegals, they'll be back. Throw the book at all the scum, especially the pedophile.