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Recently Convicted Child Sex Offender Arrested by Border Patrol Agents

Release Date
Fri, 02/07/2020

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a previously deported child sex offender near Sasabe Thursday afternoon.

Tucson Sector agents patrolling the desert apprehended 22-year-old Alexander Morales-Domingo, a Guatemalan national, around 6 p.m.

Records checks revealed Morales-Domingo was convicted of lewd or lascivious behavior/lewd or lascivious battery – sexual act with a person 12-15 years of age in Collier County, Florida, December 6, 2019. He was sentenced to five years’ probation and ordered removed from the country December 26, 2019.

As a previously deported sex offender, Morales-Domingo faces federal prosecution for criminal immigration violations.

All persons apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol undergo criminal history checks using biometrics to ensure illegal aliens with criminal histories are positively identified.

Morales-Domingo, a convicted sex offender was apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol agents near Sasabe, Arizona February 6. For more details regarding this media release or to schedule a remote interview via the LiveU system, please contact the Tucson Border Patrol Sector Public Affairs Office at tca-pao@cbp.dhs.gov or 520-387-3210.

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Last Modified: Mar 12, 2024