CBP Takes Mexican Gang Killer Into Custody After California Prison Release
Last week U.S. Customs and Border Protection took into custody a previously deported Mexican national, a Sureños-13 gang member, after he was transferred from a California jail at the end of a 12-year sentence.[1]
CBP said the man is being federally prosecuted for illegal reentry after a prior removal.[1] Officials say his record includes felony firearm possession, taking a vehicle without consent, battery and providing false identification in addition to the murder conviction.[1] Acting El Centro Sector chief Daniel Parra praised the John J. Benoit Detention Center for honoring the immigration detainer and called the transfer an example of effective state-federal cooperation.[1]
Local officers at the John J. Benoit Detention Center in southern California transferred the inmate to CBP immediately after his 12-year second-degree murder sentence ended, the jail confirmed to authorities.[1] The case has drawn attention from immigration and public-safety officials because it involves a previously deported individual with a violent criminal history.
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- Last week, local officers at the John J. Benoit Detention Center in southern California transferred a Sureños-13 gang member to CBP immediately after his 12-year second-degree murder sentence ended.
- CBP says the man, a previously deported Mexican national, is being federally prosecuted for reentry after prior removal.
- Officials say his criminal history includes felony firearm possession, taking a vehicle without consent, battery and providing false identification, in addition to the murder conviction.
- Acting El Centro Sector chief Daniel Parra publicly praised the jail’s decision to honor the immigration detainer as an example of effective state-federal cooperation.
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