WATERTOWN, N.Y. – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Wellesley Island Station apprehended a Canadian citizen for Entry Without Inspection near Watertown, New York.
On July 19, Border Patrol agents made contact with a male subject after receiving information of a suspicious person suspected of entering the United States illegally. Through investigative steps, he admitted to entering the U.S. without being inspected after being refused entry the prior day by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations.
Border Patrol agents discovered that he was awaiting additional proceedings stemming from his arrest in Montreal, Canada this past May for the Distribution of Child Pornography. Subsequently, he was taken into custody, processed and turned over to the Canadian Border Services Agency.
“The quick response and keen investigative work by Wellesley Island agents resulted in the apprehension of an illegal alien,” said Patrol Agent in Charge Andrew Regan. “This apprehension is another great example of the hard work Border Patrol agents do daily in combating those illegal aliens attempting to avoid prosecution for the exploitation of children.”
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