A previously deported man, Jose Lagos-Gomez, was convicted of felony re-entry of a removed alien on December 6, 2021 and sentenced to nine months in prison.
The chief of Yuma Sector Border Patrol says agents assigned to Yuma Sector’s prosecution department worked diligently to pursue charges against convicted felons like Lagos-Gomez who continue to illegally enter the United States after being removed.
After he completes his sentence, Lagos-Gomez will once again be returned to Honduras.
In June, gents caught Jose Lagos-Gomez and another subject near Interstate 8 and Ogilby Road, west of Yuma. Lagos-Gomez, a 29-year-old Honduran national, has a felony conviction for sexual assault from 2018 out of Beaumont, Texas. He was sentenced to two years in prison and will likely face more jail time for reentering the country after he was deported earlier this year.