Border Patrol agents arrest previously deported suspect
Agents from the Yuma Sector Border Patrol arrested 60-year-old Francisco Solano-Godinez for illegally entering the United States on Sunday at approximately 7:50 p.m.
Solano-Godinez was previously deported with an extensive criminal history.
Record checks revealed that Solano-Godinez was convicted of driving under the influence, causing bodily injury in 1985 in Visalia, California and was sentenced to one year in prison.
The suspect has additional convictions in California from the 1980’s and 1990’s which include theft in Stockton, California, inflicting corporal injury on a spouse in Merced, California and taking a vehicle without consent in Mount Shasta, California.
Throughout the last 25 years, Solano-Godinez has also been prosecuted by Border Patrol and ICE on five occasions for illegal entry and/or re-entry after deportation for which he has spent a cumulative total of 20 years in prison.
On each occasion after he served his sentence, he was deported back to Mexico.
Solano-Godinez is once again being prosecuted for re-entry after deportation.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents effectively combat smuggling organizations attempting to illegally transport people and contraband through southwestern Arizona and California. Citizens can help the Border Patrol and U.S. Customs and Border Protection by calling 1-866-999-8727 toll-free to report suspicious activity. Callers can remain anonymous.
