Two child sex offenders were taken into custody while crossing into Texas over the holiday season, border authorities said Thursday.
U.S. Border Patrol said that agents arrested both ex-cons in the Del Rio section of the U.S.’ southern border with Mexico.
The first was arrested on Dec. 28 when agents took Guatemalan national Mario Alberto Garcia-Mejia into custody.
A records check revealed that Garcia-Mejia, 28, was twice convicted for felony sex abuse of a minor in California in 2021. He was sentenced to four days confinement and 36 months probation for the first offense, and he was given 180 days confinement and 36 months probation for the second offense.