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Border Patrol Agents Catch Aggravated Felon

Release Date
Tue, 05/11/2021

YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended an aggravated felon after he illegally crossed the border into the United States Monday morning.

Photo Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Photo Courtesy U.S. Customs and
Border Protection

Fidel Enrique Caceres-Hernandez, 38, was one of two migrants apprehended in the desert 17 miles east of the San Luis Port of Entry. Record checks conducted on the El Salvadoran national revealed he is an aggravated felon who served two years in prison in California for inflicting corporal injury on a spouse/cohabitant.

Caceres-Hernandez will be prosecuted for re-entering the U.S. after having previously been removed.

 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between official ports of entry. CBP is charged with securing the borders of the United States while enforcing hundreds of laws and facilitating lawful trade and travel.

Last Modified: May 11, 2021