A Honduran national with prior convictions for child sex abuse and illegal re-entry has been taken back into federal custody after he allegedly jumped from a moving train in an attempt to slip into the U.S. undetected, according to details provided to Blaze News by the Department of Homeland Security.
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Uvalde Station were conducting train-check operations Saturday when three men reportedly jumped from a railcar and ran. One didn’t get far.
‘Child sex offenders who repeatedly attempt to enter our country pose a serious threat, and we stand ready to answer that threat.’
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The DHS identified the man as Cristobal Cortes-Cartagena, 39, and a records check on scene revealed a lengthy criminal history.
Cortes-Cartagena was convicted in California in 2010 of lewd and
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