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Migrant with Violent Felony Conviction Apprehended

Release Date
Thu, 06/03/2021

YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Colorado river corridor apprehended a group of four Honduran nationals Tuesday evening and discovered one of them had a violent felony conviction.

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

 Agents encountered the group at approximately 7 p.m. near County 8 ½ Street and the Levee Road. The group was arrested and transported to the Yuma station for further processing. Record checks conducted on the migrants revealed that Fredy Zuniga-Caceres had been convicted of felonious assault/malicious wounding/maiming in 2009 in Virginia and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Zuniga-Caceres will be prosecuted for reentry of a felon after previously being removed from the United States and could face jail time.

 

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Last Modified: Jun 03, 2021