NEW YORK — A twice-removed Mexican national with a criminal history in the United States was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) deportation officers.

Angelo Cruz-Salazar, 31, a citizen and national of Mexico, was convicted in 2011, of endangering the welfare of a child under the age of 17, and sentenced to nine months imprisonment. On March 1, 2012, a federal immigration judge ordered Cruz-Salazar removed from the country, and he was subsequently removed March 13, 2012. In April 2013, Cruz-Salazar was detained by the U.S. Border Patrol after illegally entering the United States. He was prosecuted and convicted of re-entry after deportation and sentenced to four months in prison. He was removed to Mexico for a second time Aug. 21, 2013.

“ERO deportation officers in New York continue to focus their targeted enforcement actions on criminals. Convicted predators represent one of the highest threats against our communities,” said Thomas R. Decker, field office director, ERO New York. “Although this convicted felon found his way back in through our borders, ICE deportation officers located him and he will once again be removed from the United States.”

Salazar-Cruz re-entered the United States at an unknown place, on an unknown date, following his second removal. He was arrested Sept. 29 in New York, New York, and is currently in ICE custody pending removal from the United States.