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Border agents in one sector of the overwhelmed southern border have arrested more than 20 gang members and criminals this week, including sex offenders.
In a press release, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the arrests of 21 gang members, two sex offenders and three illegal immigrants with criminal records including robbery and assault.
On August 27, investigators in the Rio Grande Valley found a member of the Tango Blast gang in El Salvador with a burglary record that aggravated in the United States, among a group of five Roma illegal immigrants. The next day, investigators arrested a member of his 18th Street gang in El Salvador who had a criminal record for aggravated murder.
On Monday, Brownsville investigators arrested a Mexican national convicted earlier this year of indecency and sexual contact with a child and sentenced to two years in prison. It was not clear how he was released.
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On the same day, investigators near Sarita, Texas, arrested a Guatemalan national who had an outstanding warrant for lewd acts with a child in Houston.
Also this week, investigators found a gang member in Sureno convicted of assault and immigration violations, and a gang member in Paisus convicted of evading arrest. Separately, CBP said agents arrested members of his 20 gangs associated with both his 18th Street and his MS-13 gangs.
Border Patrol agents have dealt with the huge numbers of migrants who flood the border each month. There were about 200,000 immigrant encounters in July, and in fiscal year 2022 so far he has more than 2 million encounters, a new record.
Meanwhile, more than 500,000 illegal immigrants have evaded border patrol agents this year, raising concerns that some who slip through agents may be criminals or gang members. The Biden administration claims the border is “safe,” but Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray did not directly support that assessment when asked by lawmakers.
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So far this year, investigators have stopped 627 gang members, compared with 348 in 2021 and 363 in 2020. Meanwhile, Border Patrol stopped 9,381 criminal immigrants, compared with her 10,763 last fiscal year and his 2,438 in fiscal 2020.
Fox News Digital confirmed Friday that two Mexicans accused of killing a North Carolina sheriff’s deputy were staying illegally, though it’s unclear when they entered the United States.
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Separately, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced last week that it had arrested an illegal immigrant in Mexico who was convicted of child molestation and multiple deportations.
Last month, CBP detailed how agents arrested multiple sex offenders. Among them are members of her MS-13 gang, a Guatemalan national who was previously forcibly arrested and prosecuted for lewd lewd acts against a child under the age of 14, and a Salvadoran with a carnal criminal record. included. Knowledge of pre-convicted children and Mexicans for lewd acts with children.