Thread: Eagle Pass Border Patrol Agents Arrest Convicted Murderer

Eagle Pass Border Patrol Agents Arrest Convicted Murderer

by Joe Hyde
Oct 24, 2014


DEL RIO – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station apprehended a convicted murderer recently.

On Oct. 17, agents from the Eagle Pass South Station patrolling near Eagle Pass encountered, Francisco Rodriguez-Garcia, 44, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. During processing, agents discovered that Rodriguez-Garcia was a convicted murderer. Rodriguez-Garcia was arrested and convicted in 1997 in Sanford, N.C., for second degree murder and was sentenced to 12 years of incarceration. At the completion of his sentence Rodriquez-Garcia was deported to Mexico in 2009.

“Our encounter with this dangerous individual shows the type of environment agents and law enforcement officers deal with on a daily basis,” said Rodolfo Karisch, Chief Patrol Agent, Del Rio Sector. “We rely on the invaluable training we receive to protect our communities and the nation.”

Rodriguez-Garcia faces a charge of Re-entry After Deportation - 8 USC § 1326.

The Del Rio Border Patrol Sector is part of the South Texas Campaign, which leverages federal, state and local resources to combat transnational criminal organizations. To report suspicious activity call the Del Rio Sector’s toll free telephone number at 1-866-511-8727.

http://sanangelolive.com/news/2014-1...icted-murderer

by Kristin Tate 29 Oct 2014, 5:21 AM PDT

HOUSTON, Texas -- A convicted murderer who was in the U.S. illegally was recently arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Texas' Eagle Pass South Station.

44-year-old Francisco Rodriguez-Garcia is a Mexican man convicted of second degree murder in Sanford, North Carolina, in 1997. According to the El Paso Business Journal, Border Patrol agents learned of the Mexican national's criminal record -- as well as the fact that he was in the U.S. illegally -- while processing him at the Eagle Pass station.

Rodriguez-Garcia served 12 years in prison for the murder. He was subsequently deported back to his home country.

It is unclear when or how Rodriguez-Garcia illegally re-entered the United States.

Chief Patrol Agent of the Del Rio Sector, Rodolfo Karisch, said in a statement, "Our encounter with this dangerous individual shows the type of environment agents and law enforcement officers deal with on a daily basis. We rely on the invaluable training we receive to protect our communities and the nation."

Agents in the Del Rio Sector, near the Texas-Mexico border, have continued to apprehend an alarming number of illegal immigrant criminals amid the border crisis.

Earlier this year, Breitbart Texas reported on the arrest of numerous sex offenders -- all in the U.S. illegally -- in the Del Rio Sector. Some of those apprehended were previously convicted of raping children in the United States; despite serving time in prison and then being deported, these individuals re-entered the country.

Critics claim that the U.S. is not harsh enough on illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes -- in their view, the foreigner felons have little fear when they come back to the country after being deported.

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-T...-Patrol-Agents