Border Agents Arrest Convicted Sex Offenders and MS-13 Gang Member In Rio Grande Valley

A U.S. Border Patrol agent sits in a vehicle along a border wall near the U.S. Customs and Border Protection San Ysidro Port of Entry at the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego, Calif., on Feb. 19, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

While intercepting illegal border crossers, Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley recently arrested three convicted sex offenders and a gang member, the agency said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in an April 12 statement that, within a period of 72 hours last week, agents carrying out enforcement duties along the border arrested an MS-13 gang member and three sexual predators, including one who had been convicted for aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14.