TUCSON – A convicted murderer for hire and a child sex offender, who illegally entered the country over the weekend, were arrested by Border Patrol agents.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP) agents from the Three Points Station apprehended 35-year-old Jose Juana-Zapata near Sells, Arizona. Juana-Zapata, a Guatemalan national, was previously convicted of murder for hire and served only three years in prison Philipsburg, Pennsylvania in 2008.
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Later that day, agents patrolling near the Port of Douglas arrested the second man, 40-year-old Victor Rodriguez-Galven. Records checks revealed Rodriguez-Galven, a citizen of Mexico, had a criminal history as an aggravated felon and convicted sex offender, according to CBP.
Rodriguez-Galven served 42 months incarceration in Aldean, New York, following convictions for sexual conduct against a child in the second degree, and endangering the welfare of a child in Kings County, NY.
According to CBP, Juana-Zapata and Rodriguez-Galven will remain in federal custody pending prosecution for criminal immigration violations.
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