Deported sex offender arrested in San Diego County
A convicted sex offender who had been deported from the U.S. was arrested in San Diego County after he failed to stop at a freeway checkpoint, authorities said Monday.
The man, a 53-year-old Mexican citizen, had been convicted in 1991 of child sex crimes in Riverside, the Department of Homeland Security said.
The suspect was arrested Thursday night after he drove a semi-truck through a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 8 near Alpine, the department said. An agent followed the truck as it continued to drive west on the freeway and then stopped the driver.
The man was being held by federal authorities and is facing charges for allegedly reentering the U.S. as a deported felon, the Homeland Security Department said. His name was not released.
– Robert J. Lopez
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