Border Patrol agents arrest previously deported sex offender

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a previously deported sex offender on Saturday after he reentered the country illegally near Nogales.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said agents patrolling near a residential subdivision of Nogales encountered 26-year-old Adolfo Torres-Aguilar, a Mexican national illegally present in the United States.

Agents said after conducting criminal database checks, Torres-Aguiar had been convicted of Criminal Sexual Contact earlier this year on February 1 in Bridgeton, N.J.

Torres-Aguilar, one of several sex offenders with convictions out of the northeast recently arrested by agents, will face federal prosecutions for immigration violations.

According to CBP, all persons apprehended by the Border Patrol undergo criminal history checks using biometrics to ensure illegal aliens with criminal histories are positively identified.