ICE, FBI arrest illegally present criminal alien in Coachella, Calif.

LOS ANGELES — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigations, arrested Isidro Jimenez, 51, a national of Mexico and illegal alien with criminal convictions, in Coachella, California, Feb. 24 as part of a targeted enforcement action.

Jimenez entered the U.S. at an unknown location or date without being admitted by an immigration official. He was convicted by the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside, Aug. 18, 1994, for possession of a controlled substance for sale. The defunct Immigration and Naturalization Service arrested Jimenez and removed him to Mexico after an immigration judge ordered him removed March 28, 1995. Jimenez re-entered the U.S. at an unknown location or date without being admitted by an immigration officer.

The Superior Court of California, County of Riverside, convicted Jimenez for inflicting corporal injury to a spouse June 4, 1998, following his illegal re-entry into the U.S. Additional convictions by the same court include DUI on Sept. 11, 2007, and assault with a deadly weapon on Feb. 16, 2023.

Jimenez will remain in custody pending removal proceedings.

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