TUCSON - Two convicted sex offenders were arrested by Border Patrol after they allegedly entered the United States illegally in the past two days.

On Tuesday, 42-year-old Juan Olarte-Cruz was taken into custody by Tucson sector agents near Sells. After further investigation, the agents determined that the 42-year-old was convicted in 2008 for second-degree rape of a minor in New York.

Officials say he was deported to Mexico in 2010 after he was sentenced to three years in prison.

The following day, Mexican national 35-year-old Alejandro Chavelo-Miranda was apprehended near Arivaca. Authorities say Chavelo-Miranda was previously convicted in 2017 for sexual assault in Oregon.

He received 14 months in jail in the case and was deported to Mexico in 2018.