A Cuban citizen convicted years ago of sexual assault against a 14-year-old girl was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents after illegally crossing the border in Texas, just ten months after being deported from the country.
The arrest occurred on August 19 in the Del Río Sector, after the Cuban man, identified as Alexis Suárez Trejos, 52 years old, was intercepted along with three other men and taken to the Eagle Pass station, as reported by Fox San Antonio.
During the background check, authorities discovered that Suárez Trejos had been convicted in Nevada in 2001 for the sexual assault of a minor aged 14.
For that crime, he served 40 months in prison and was registered in the sex offender registry of that state.
The Cuban had been deported from the United States on October 22, 2025, so his new illegal entry into the country occurred less than ten months after his expulsion.
Suárez Trejos is now facing charges for illegal reentry after a deportation, according to Article 1326 of Title 8 of the United States Code.
Because his expulsion occurred following a conviction for an aggravated felony, he could face a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
The chief of the Del Río Sector Border Patrol, Anthony "Scott" Good, praised the actions of the agents and labeled those with a history of offenses against minors as a serious threat.
"Undocumented immigrants who take advantage of the children in our communities represent a serious threat. I am proud of our agents, who, day after day, are ready to protect this nation from such dangers," he stated.
This is not the first recent case of a Cuban with a history of sexual offenses against minors arrested in that border area. In June, agents from the same Del Río Sector arrested near El Indio, Texas, Lázaro Alberto Betancourt Osorio, who is 44 years old.
Betancourt Osorio had been deported from the United States twice, in 2016 and 2025, and he had a conviction in Florida from 2012 for soliciting minors for sexual purposes online.
Detentions are taking place amid the tightening of U.S. immigration policy. According to data from Human Rights Watch, between January 2025 and March 2026, more than 4,353 Cubans were deported to Mexico as a third country, while another 1,370 were sent directly to Cuba on repatriation flights during 2025.
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