Sex offender nabbed after crossing border near Calexico

Brian Indrelunas • The Desert Sun • January 4, 2011

A convicted sex offender who had been removed from the United States before was arrested Monday after illegally entering the country near Calexico, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Border Patrol agents arrested Gilberto Alvarez, 37, about 1 a.m. Monday roughly six miles west of Calexico.

Agents later found that Alvarez had been convicted of open and gross lewdness and was listed as a sex offender in Nevada.

He was booked into an Imperial County jail.

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