Thread: Previously deported Mexican predator arrested by ICE

I.C.E. News Release

February 26 2010

Previously deported Mexican predator arrested by ICE

CALICO ROCK, Ark. - A 35-year-old Mexican national convicted of sexual assault in the second degree was arrested here Monday at the Calico Rock State Facility by officers assigned to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Office of Detention and Removal Operations (DRO).

Jose Medrano-Zuniga was arrested by DRO officers assigned to the Criminal Alien Program (CAP), which oversees the screening and identification of criminal aliens. Based on his criminal and immigration history, Medrano will be held until he can be removed from the United States to Mexico.

In 1996, Medrano illegally entered the United States near Brownsville, Texas. Federal officials returned him to Mexico on April 8, 2004, after an immigration judge ordered him removed from the United States.

In May 2004, Medrano illegally re-entered the United States near Eagle Pass, Texas. On April 6, 2005, the Fort Smith Police Department arrested Medrano and charged him with rape. On July 1, 2005, Medrano pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of sexual assault in the second degree and was sentenced to 180 months in prison.

"Our success with the Criminal Alien Program is largely due to the cooperative spirit between ICE and local law enforcement agencies that results in removing thousands of criminal aliens from our communities every year," said Philip Miller, field office director for ICE's Office of Detention and Removal Operations in New Orleans.

This case was part of Operation Predator, a nationwide ICE initiative to protect children from sexual predators, including those who travel overseas for sex with minors, Internet child pornographers, criminal alien sex offenders, and child sex traffickers. Since Operation Predator was launched in July 2003, ICE agents have arrested almost 12,000 individuals.

ICE encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at 1-866-DHS-2ICE. This hotline is staffed around the clock by investigators.

Suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children may be reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, an Operation Predator partner, at 1-800-843-5678 or http://www.cybertipline.com.

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Last Modified: Friday, February 26, 2010
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/1002/100226calicorock.htm

Illegal Immigrant Back Again
By Amy Sherrill
TIMES RECORD
Saturday, February 27, 2010 11:18 AM CST

A 35-year-old Mexican national convicted of second-degree sexual assault in Fort Smith was arrested earlier this week in Calico Rock, according to a news release from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

This is the third documented illegal entry for Jose Medrano-Zuniga, 35, who first illegally entered the United States near Brownsville, Texas, in 1996.

Federal officials returned him to Mexico on April 8, 2004, after an immigration judge ordered him removed from the United States.

In May 2004, Medrano-Zuniga illegally re-entered the United States near Eagle Pass, Texas, according to a news release.

On April 6, 2005, the Fort Smith Police Department arrested Medrano-Zuniga and he was charged with rape in connection to having sex with a Fort Smith teenage boy in exchange for money.

Medrano-Zuniga paid the boy $40 for sex after giving him and another boy a ride home from school.

On July 1, 2005, Medrano-Zuniga pleaded guilty in Sebastian County Circuit Court to a reduced charge of second-degree sexual assault and was sentenced to 180 months in prison.

He was arrested Monday at the Calico Rock State Facility by officers assigned to ICE and the Office of Detention and Removal Operations assigned to the Criminal Alien Program, which oversees the screening and identification of criminal aliens, according to the release.

Based on his criminal and immigration history, immigration authorities will detain Medrano-Zuniga until he can be removed from the United States to Mexico, according to the release.

This case was part of Operation Predator, a nationwide ICE initiative to protect children from sexual predators, including those who travel overseas for sex with minors, Internet child pornographers, criminal immigrant sex offenders, and child sex traffickers.

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On July 1, 2005, Medrano pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of sexual assault in the second degree and was sentenced to 180 months in prison.

It was a long time ago when I went to school and learned math but 180 divided by 12 would equal 15 years???

So by my old school standards of math that would mean he should be in jail until 2020.

So how is it that this criminal is free to sneak back across our border again?

He was arrested by federal officers assigned to the Criminal Alien Program (CAP), which oversees the screening and identification of criminal aliens. Based on his criminal and immigration history, Medrano will be held until he can be returned to Mexico.

http://arkansasmatters.com/content/news ... cid=295502

And he is just going to be returned to Mexico......free to sneak back in again?

Small wonder there is no respect for our laws?