Previously Deported Child Molester Arrested At Border

A previously deported child molester was arrested as he attempted to enter the United States illegally near downtown El Paso, according to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Late Saturday May 18, agents working near downtown arrested a group of people attempting to enter the U.S illegally, CBP. In the group were a family unit consisting of a father, mother, and two children.

"Record checks revealed that the father, 42-year-old Julianito De Jesus Diaz from El Salvador, had been previously charged with a first degree felony molestation of a victim less than 12 years of age in Boynton Beach, Florida," CBP said. " That charge was later reduced to a second degree felony of lewd or lascivious conduct, which he pleaded guilty to."

Diaz served 12 months in prison before being removed from the U.S. to El Salvador via Miami, Florida in February 2002. He will remain in custody pending criminal and immigration prosecution for his prior order of removal and criminally prosecuted for illegal re-entry, CBP said.