U.S. Border Patrol Miami Sector, in collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Workplace arrested 10 unlawful aliens over the previous three weeks — every with a prison historical past as beforehand convicted intercourse offenders.
CBP says these arrests had been a part of a centered, multi-agency effort aimed toward securing the Florida Keys and eradicating harmful people from native communities.
All 10 people, who had been residing all through the Florida Keys, are registered intercourse offenders with the Florida Division of Regulation Enforcement. The themes had prison convictions to incorporate: lewd and lascivious acts on a toddler below age 16; lewd and lascivious sexual battery with a sufferer 12-15 years outdated; statutory sexual seduction and solicitation of a kid.
Along with these arrests, Border Patrol brokers with assist from ICE made two extra vital apprehensions final week. One of many people, a Cuban nationwide, had a historical past of violent crime, together with a conviction for murder. The opposite, additionally from Cuba, was arrested on costs of animal cruelty after witnesses reported seeing him brutally choke and kick a small canine.
These arrests spotlight the continued menace posed by people who enter the U.S. illegally with violent prison backgrounds, and reveal the energy of the partnership between federal, state, and native regulation enforcement businesses in tackling this essential challenge.
“Every of those people posed a menace to the communities which we dwell in. The Miami Sector Border Patrol stays dedicated to defending our communities and implementing our immigration legal guidelines. I’m grateful for the work of our brokers and regulation enforcement companions who supported this effort,” mentioned Jeffrey Dinise, Chief Patrol Agent of the Miami Sector.
All unlawful aliens arrested had been processed and transferred to ICE custody, the place they’re presently detained pending elimination from the USA.
The Miami Sector welcomes the help from the group. To report suspicious border exercise in Florida, contact the Miami Sector at (877) 772-8146.