DEL RIO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Department of Public Safety arrested a convicted Guatemalan citizen with a history of illegally re-entering the United States.

At approximately 11:30 a.m., on Sept. 16, a DPS Trooper came across a man walking along US-90 near Del Rio, according to a news release from Texas DPS.

During the encounter, the Trooper identified the man as 50-year-old Jorge Mario Ecute Gonzalez of Guatemala.

Throughout the investigation, it was revealed that Gonzalez had a history of illegal re-entry after serving prison time in Missouri on charges of child molestation.

In 2017, Garza was convicted of first-degree child molestation by the 19th Judicial Circuit Court of Cole County, MO, and was sentenced to five years in prison.

He was removed from the U.S. in 2020 a

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