(47 year old arrested)...It happened Monday morning.

It turned out, Heracleo Benancio Garcia was a previously deported sex offender. He was caught illegally reintering the United States about 5 miles west oif the Downtown Calexico Port of Entrry. A records check determined the man had been convicted in 2003 of sexual battery in Monterery. He had been sentenced to a year in jail and 3 years probation. He was depoirted from the US in 2003. He is being held in Federal custody pending further criminal prosecution.