U.S. Border Patrol agents are reporting the arrests of two convicted sex offenders who had previously been deported.
Last weekend, an agent at the Comstock Station arrested 41-year-old Hector Vargas-Pineda, who was deported in 2002 after serving prison time for aggravated sexual assault in Denton County.
On Tuesday, agents at the Eagle Pass Station arrested 41-year-old Santos Sanchez-Diaz, who was deported in 2001 after a conviction for criminal sexual conduct in Minnesota.
Each man faces a charge of illegal re-entry after deportation, which has a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.