U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley arrested two previously convicted sex offenders as they attempted to cross into the United States last Thursday, according to an agency news release.
Manuel Dejesus Trejo-Escobar was among a group of 90 apprehended people crossing into the U.S.
A criminal record check revealed the Salvadoran national was a registered sex offender in Fairfax, Virginia for aggravated sexual battery and was subsequently removed from the U.S.
Later that evening, in an unrelated incident, agents in Weslaco responded to a Texas DPS trooper’s call of a vehicle stop in town.
Agents determined the subject was Juan Gerardo Reyna of Mexico, who was previously arrested in Elsa for sexual assault of a child and sentenced to 10 years in confinement.
Reyna has a history of criminal convictions dating back to 1997 including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault against a public servant.
Both men were processed accordingly by Border Patrol.
