Criminal illegal migrant already deported 5 times is nabbed by ICE in wealthy California enclave

An illegal migrant from Mexico with an extensive rap sheet who has been deported from the U.S. five times was arrested in the Lake Tahoe area, authorities said.

Mario Jesus Valdez-Flores was busted during a traffic stop in Kings Beach on the north shore of Lake Tahoe on October 7, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

He’s previously been convicted of selling drugs, robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and DUI, among other crimes, officials said.

Valdez-Flores is current in ICE custody pending his removal to Mexico, according to DHS.

Valdez-Flores had entered the U.S. legally in 2004 for the first time but didn’t comply with the authorized period of stay and failed to leave the country in time. He was deported three times in 2008 within a time span of four months.

He was deported again in 2009 and in 2016. The details of how and when he entered the U.S. before these deportations are not known at the moment.

“Another criminal illegal alien has been taken off the streets by the brave patriots of ICE,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement, adding that “he will be deported so he can never again commit crimes against the people of the United States of America.”

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