Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection
TUCSON – U.S. Border Patrol agents assisted the Tohono O’odham Police Department (TOPD) in arresting a previously deported sex offender on the Tohono O’odham Nation, Tuesday evening.
Just after 5 p.m., Tucson Sector agents patrolling southwest of Tucson were routed to a TOPD call for assistance. TOPD officers had in their custody two potential border crossers and requested Border Patrol to verify their identities.
Upon arrival, agents learned the 20-year-old woman and 35-year-old man were Guatemalan nationals illegally present in the country. Agents transported the pair to a field processing center.
During processing, records checks revealed the man, Juan Jose Mazariegos-Perez, was previously convicted of child molestation in Georgia. Mazariegos was sentenced to two years of confinement, three years of probation, and subsequent removal from the country for his conviction.
Mazariegos remains in custody, pending federal prosecution for reentry of a previously deported felon. The woman will be expelled to Mexico under Title 42 authority.
Border Patrol works with all local, state, federal, and tribal law enforcement agencies in border communities to create a unified force against transnational criminal organizations, who victimize migrants as well as the general populace.
