(Man caught illegally re-entering the U.S.)...It happened early Sunday morning.

At around 3:21 in the morning Border Patrol agents encountered a man about one mile west of Calexico. It was determined the man had enterd the US illegally and he was placed under arrest. During a records check it was determined the man was a 38 year old Mexican national. He had been previously convicted in 2011 for sexual intercourse with a minor. out of Santa Barbara. He was sentenced to 36 months probation and one day in jail. In 2012, the man was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and served 7 years in prison, before being deported to Mexico. The man is being held in Federal custody pending a hearing for re-entering the Country illegally