Border Patrol arrests previously deported sex offender present in U.S. illegally

Border Patrol agents arrested a sex offender on Saturday who had previously been removed from the U.S. 

Record checks showed that the individual "had been convicted in 2009 for lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14," a press release noted. "He was sentenced to eight years in prison. The man was subsequently removed to Mexico in 2016."

San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents have arrested 17 sex offenders just since October 1.