(Previously deported gang member)…He was caught re-entering the United States.

At around 1:45 Tuesday morning El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents observed a man illegally enter the US about 3.5 miles east of the Calexico West Port of Entry. The man was detained and taken to the El Centro Border Patrol Station for processing. A records check identified the man as 37 year old Esteban Perez Lara, a Mexican national. A records check through the Bureau of Prisons revealed Perez was a documented sureno 13 gang member. He had been arrested several times for re-entering the US following deportation. His latest arrest was February 2014. Perez was being held in Federal custody pending further criminal prosecution.