Border patrol arrests convicted sex offender
Border patrol arrest previously convicted sex offender suspected of illegally entering the United States.
Agents found Wilfredo Perez-Aguilar, a 34-year-old Guatemalan national, approximately 11 miles east of the Calexico Port of Entry Monday at 4:45 a.m., according to a news release by the El Centro Sector Border Patrol.
Back at the station, agents confirmed Perez-Aguilar’s identity and discovered he was a convicted sex offender.
According to border patrol, Perez-Aguilar was convicted in Kentucky in 2005 for sexual abuse/rape of a minor under the age of 12. He was subsequently sentenced to five years in prison.
Perez-Aguilar was deported in May of 2010 after serving his sentence.
“I am proud of our Border Patrol agents for making this arrest,” said Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez. “Deported sexual predators seeking to illegally enter the U.S. will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
Perez-Aguilar is being held in Federal custody pending prosecution for Re-Entry after Removal.
In fiscal year 2019, El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents have arrested and removed four convicted sex offenders attempting to enter the United States illegally.
