Sex offender among group arrested by Tucson Sector CBP agents

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - A convicted sex offender was among a group of six arrested by Border Patrol agents.

The CBP says Tohono O’odham Police Department officers conducted a traffic stop on a GMC Yukon Sunday, March 23, and discovered a human smuggling incident.

Police requested U.S. Border Patrol assistance.

The CBP says three of the SUV’s six occupants were women suspected of being illegally in the country.

Agents determined the women were from Uzbekistan, Guatemala, and Mexico.

The three remaining occupants, two women and a man, were U.S. citizens.

Agents discovered the man had been convicted of sexual offenses against a minor in 2023.

One of the female suspects also had criminal convictions, human smuggling, a federal charge, in 2023 and conspiracy to commit monetary instruments laundering in 2022.

All three suspects will remain in custody during their case.

The CBP says the illegal aliens will serve as witnesses in the case, and will then face removal proceedings.

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