Yuma Border Patrol agents arrested a previously deported child molester

A previously deported child molester was arrested by Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents on Wednesday night after allegedly entering the United States illegally with a group of family units.

According to agents, a group of six undocumented immigrants was arrested near County 23rd Street and the Salinity Canal.

Upon their arrest, agents said their record checks revealed that 41-year-old Juan Rojas-Rodriguez, a previously deported Mexican national was convicted of sex with a minor under 14 years of age in California in 1996.

Rojas-Rodriguez was last deported in 2008 after immigration officials encountered him at the Lompoc Federal Correction Institution in California.

Agents said Rojas-Rodriguez is charged with re-entry as a previously deported aggravated felon.

The other five undocumented immigrants, Guatemalan nationals traveling in family units are being processed for immigration violations.