Posted: Mar 31, 2017 02:16 PM CDT
Updated: Mar 31, 2017 02:16 PM CDT

EDINBURG, Texas - RGV Sector Border Patrol agents arrest two sex offenders. The arrests happened within an hour of each other on Wednesday, March 29, 2017.

Agents assigned to the Mobile Response Team caught a Mexican national near the Falfurrias station. A background check had revealed the subject was charged with Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault in 2007.

In that time frame, agents assigned to the McAllen Border Patrol Station arrested a Guatemalan national near Sullivan City. The charge was Aggravated Sexual Battery from 2012.

Both subjects were referred for prosecution. More than 1,100 criminals have been caught by McAllen and Falfurrias Stations since October 1, 2016.

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