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, on February 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, August 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 on 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 on June 4, 1998, following his illegal re-entry into the U.S.
Additional convictions by the same court include DUI on September 11, 2007, and assault with a deadly weapon on February 16, 2013.
Jimenez will remain in custody pending removal proceedings.
