Yordy Centeno-Melchor, an illegal alien, should stay in the custody of the Elmore County Sheriff until his criminal case for the attempted kidnapping of a young girl is finished, according to Josh Cochran, assistant District Attorney for the 19th Judicial Circuit.
Elmore County Sheriff's deputies arrested Centeno-Melchor for attempted kidnapping on Friday.
"The State is concerned that if the Defendant is released into the custody of ICE, he will be deported and he will never be held accountable for the crimes he has committed against a child victim in Elmore County," Cochran said in a filing on Tuesday. "To ensure the Defendant remains in Elmore County until this criminal case is concluded the State requests the Court issue an order for the Defendant to be held in the custody of the Sheriff of Elmore County until the conclusion of the criminal case."
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An ICE spokesman told 1819 News on Tuesday that Centeno-Melchor is a "Mexican national who unlawfully entered the United States at an unknown place and location. Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations New Orleans encountered Centeno on Jan. 3 after he was arrested by the Elmore County Sheriff's Office in Alabama for attempted kidnapping."
"Centeno has an extensive ICE encounter history that includes six previous removals and two federal convictions for illegal entry. ERO has placed a detainer on Centeno," the spokesman added.
An immigration detainer is a request from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to state or local law enforcement agencies to notify ICE before an illegal alien is released from their custody.
Centeno-Melchor's bond has been set at $100,000.
Timeline for Centeno-Melchor as follows:
Centeno-Melchor was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol May 26, 2013, near Kingsville, Texas and he was granted a voluntary return to Mexico. He returned May 31, 2013, through Brownsville, Texas.
An immigration judge in El Paso, Texas issued a final order of removal for Centeno-Melchor May 2, 2016, and ordered his removal to Mexico; he returned the same day.
Centeno-Melchor returned to Mexico Dec. 22, and Dec. 30, 2018, near San Diego, California.
Centeno-Melchor was arrested by USBP Jan. 3, 2019, near Jacumba, California and processed as a reinstatement of a final order of removal. The U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California convicted Centeno for illegal reentry and sentenced him to time served Jan. 9, 2019.
USBP arrested Centeno-Melchor near Hidalgo, Texas Sept. 29, 2019, and processed him for reinstatement of a final order of removal. The U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Texas convicted Centeno Oct. 1, 2019, for illegal reentry and sentenced him to 10 days confinement and returned to Mexico Oct. 8, 2019.
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