El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents made the arrest)...They found the man 29 miles west of the Downtown Calexico Port of Entry.

It was determined the man had entered the United States illegally, and he was taken to a centralized processing center. A records check revealed in 2007 the man had been convicted of rape, sodomy and oral copulation with a person under the age of 18. The conviction was out of Hemet, California. He had been sentenced to more than 9 years in prison. In 2014 the man was ordered deported to Mexico, his country of origin. He was placed in federal custody to await a hearing for re-entry after deportation. He could face up to 20 years in prison.