Border Patrol arrests two previously deported sex offenders
Border patrol agents arrest two previously convicted sex offenders, bringing the total of sex offender arrests in the El Centro Sector to 32.
According to a news release by border patrol, agents encountered Isael Sanchez-Labra, a 39-year-old Mexican national, east of the Calexico Port of Entry after he had illegally entered the United States Saturday at 11 a.m.
Record checks revealed that Sanchez-Labra is a previously convicted sex offender with a lengthy criminal record. According to border patrol, the checks showed that Sanchez-Labra has a conviction from April 2005 in California for lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14. He was sentenced to 3-years prison for the conviction. He also received a 2-year prison sentence, from the same arrest, for a sexual battery conviction.
It is noted in the news release that in May 2017, Sanchez-Labra served 150 days in jail for a parole violation. A few months later, in September, he received another 16 months in prison for failure to register as a sex offender.
Hours later, specifically Sunday at approximately 1:45 a.m., agents arrested a man after observing him enter the country illegally, roughly 11 miles west of the Calexico Port of Entry.
According to border patrol, record checks revealed that the man, Enrique Hernandez-Estuardo, 41, of Guatemala, is a previously convicted sex offender with a 2004 conviction in California. Hernandez-Estuardo was convicted of rape by force and sodomy with a child under 14. He was consequently sentenced to 16 years prison for the conviction.
“These arrests are a testament to the vital role that the men and women of the El Centro Sector play in safeguarding our nation’s borders,” said El Centro Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez.
Sanchez-Libra and Hernandez-Estuardo are the 31st and 32nd sex offenders arrested by El Centro Sector in fiscal year 2018 and will remain in federal custody pending prosecution for violation of criminal law.
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