Eagle Pass South Station Border Patrol agents arrest sex offender

Eagle Pass, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station apprehended a convicted sex offender on Thursday.

Agents patrolling near the Carrizo Springs Checkpoint on U.S. Highway 277 encountered Efrain Rivas-Gonzalez, 30, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. During processing, agents discovered that Rivas-Gonzalez had been previously deported from the United States and was a convicted sex offender. Criminal records checks revealed Rivas-Gonzalez had a 2006 conviction out of Houston for sexual assault-child and was sentenced to four years of incarceration.

Rivas-Gonzalez faces a charge of reentry after deportation – 8 USC 1326 – and his prior order of removal will be reinstated.

For Fiscal Year 2013, Del Rio Sector agents apprehended a total of 16 convicted sex offenders. The Del Rio Border Patrol Sector is part of the South Texas Campaign, which leverages federal, state and local resources to combat transnational criminal organizations.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation’s borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.