Border Patrol: Murderer, child molester arrested as they tried crossing Rio Grande into Laredo

U.S. Border Patrol agent Preston Schleinkofer looks out over the Rio Grande River near Laredo, Texas, Monday, Feb. 5, 2011, on a day when he didn't see one illegal immigrant cross on his shift. U.S. Border Patrol agent Preston Schleinkofer looks out over the Rio Grande River near Laredo, Texas, Monday, Feb. 5, 2011, on a day when he didn't see one illegal immigrant cross on his shift. Photo: GREGORY BULL, AP Photo: GREGORY BULL, AP Image 1 of / 222 Caption Close Border Patrol: Murderer, child molester arrested as they tried crossing Rio Grande into Laredo 1 / 222 Back to Gallery

U.S. Border Patrol said they have arrested a convicted murderer and a child molester as they tried to enter the country illegally.

Agents said they arrested Miguel Angel Flores-Jimenez and Miguel Castro-Santiago, both from Mexico, as they tried crossing the Rio Grande on Thursday, authorities said.

Castro-Santiago had been previously arrested and convicted for second-degree murder in Montgomery County, Kansas. In 2005, he was sentenced to prison and ultimately deported after completing his sentence in 2013.

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Record checks revealed that Flores-Jimenez was arrested and convicted in 2008 for lewd and lascivious sexual battery on a child younger than 16 years old in Jacksonville, Fla. He was sentenced to 23 days in jail and 5 years of probation. Flores-Jimenez was then deported in 2009.

Both were charged with illegal entry. They are facing deportation once criminal proceedings are done.

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"The arrest of these criminal aliens and preventing them from committing another heinous crime in the United States is one of many examples that illustrate how the United States Border Patrol keeps our communities safe," said Laredo Sector Assistant Chief Patrol Agent Gabriel Acosta.

Border Patrol encourages to report suspicious activity such as alien and, or drug smuggling at 1-800-343-1994.