(Another convicted sex offender arrested)….He is the 29th arrested this fiscal year.

Border Patrol agents say late last week a group of 8 individuals were detained after they illegally entered the United States east of Calexico. During the processing, record checks revealed one of the individuals, 35-year-old Banales Alvarado Rodrigo, a Mexican Citizen, had a previous conviction for a sex offense out of Huntsville, Texas in 2014. Banales was convicted of first-degree felony aggravated assault of a child and was subsequently sentenced to five years confinement. He is currently being held pending prosecution.