Border Patrol Apprehends Sex OffenderOctober 11th, 2007 @ 4:58pm
by KTAR Newsroom
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Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a man convicted of a sex offense after he attempted to sneak into the U.S. Wednesday evening.

Border Patrol agents from Douglas arrested 25-year-old Mateo Cruz, a Mexican national, after he illegally entered the United States by jumping the fence.

At the station, agents noticed the man had burned his fingerprints in an attempt to conceal his identity. It was revealed that he had a prior criminal conviction for "sexual assault of a minor" in Polk County, Iowa, in 2004.

Record checks also revealed that Cruz was deported from the United States in March 2004. The man is being held in custody and prosecuted for illegal entry based upon his status as an aggravated felon and his criminal immigration history.