RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Rio Grande Valley Sector agents arrested a previously convicted sex offender and multiple gang members by the border.
On Monday, McAllen Border Patrol Station agents discovered a Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang member while processing records. The woman had also been previously convicted for assault with a deadly weapon in Washington.
While processing the migrants the next day, agents discovered a previously convicted sex offender who was incarcerated by Hidalgo County for sexual assault.
Brownsville Border Patrol Station agents arrested two MS-13 gang members on two separate occasions on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Lastly, MCS agents arrested a Paisa gang member who had “numerous convictions for violent and non-violent offenses” on Thursday.
All subjects were processed accordingly.
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