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Sureño Gang Member Arrested

Release Date
Wed, 10/27/2021

OCOTILLO, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector arrested a gang member Tuesday morning.

The incident occurred at approximately 7:15 a.m., when agents assigned to the El Centro station encountered an undocumented individual who illegally entered the United States a mile north of the United States/Mexico border. The individual was arrested and transported to the El Centro Sector Processing Center to be medically evaluated and processed accordingly. 

Record checks revealed that this individual, a 49-year-old Mexican national, is a documented Sureño gang member with an extensive criminal and immigration history. This individual has numerous convictions for inflicting corporal injury to a spouse/cohabitant, possession of a controlled substance, driving under the influence, battery of a spouse ex, hit and run, all with sentences of time in jail. This undocumented individual also has multiple re-entries after deportation and was previously ordered to be removed from the U.S. by an immigration judge.

U.S. Border Patrol will process the individual accordingly.

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 official ports of entry. CBP is charged with securing the borders of the United States while enforcing hundreds of laws and facilitating lawful trade and travel.

Last Modified: Oct 27, 2021