CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER ILLEGALLY ENTERS UNITED STATES
A illegal border crossing suspect was arrested and has a past of sexually abusing a child
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a previously convicted sex offender near Tucson, AZ on February 3, 2020.
Federal agents apprehended 28-year-old Juan Carlos Hernandez-Garcia after he illegally entered the United States. Records checks revealed Hernandez-Garcia, a citizen of Mexico, was convicted of sexual assault (victim 13-15 years old) in Passaic County, New Jersey, in 2011.
He was sentenced to three years imprisonment for the sexual assault.
Hernandez-Garcia will face federal prosecution for immigration violations.
