Calexico Police have arrested a Goodyear, Arizona man for the sexual assault of a minor.

On Tuesday, law enforcement officers took 28-year-old Mario Jesus Garivo Palomares into custody. Caalexico officers , with the assistance of Homeland Security Investigation " Internet Crimes Against Children" task force, developed a plan to apprehend Garivo Palomares, who was allegedly on his way to meet a 15-year-old Calexico girl at a fast food restaurant in the border city. The suspect was taken into custody without incident. He was booked into Imperial County Jail on charges of Lewd and Lascivious Acts Against a 14- or 15-year-old Child, Arranging to Meet a Minor for a Lewd Act and other related charges. The incident was originally reported in March of 2023 by the victims grandmother.