DENVER—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested two sex offenders and a suspected gang member in Greeley Wednesday, the agency said.
A 24-year-old man from Mexico who is a permanent U.S. resident faces deportation because of a felony conviction for menacing and misdemeanor convictions for child abuse and third-degree assault. Greeley authorities have documented his membership in a “violent street gang,” ICE said in a release.
The other two, a 67-year-old man and his 33-year-old son, have convictions for sexual assault on minors and are suspected illegal immigrants. The father was convicted of assaulting his 12-year-old daughter in Los Angeles in 1989, according to federal officials.
The arrests were made as part of separate ICE programs aimed at stemming international sex crimes and transnational gangs.
“Working closely with Greeley Police Department, ICE was able to make arrests in two of our primary mission areas,” Jeffrey Copp, special agent in charge of the ICE Office of Investigations in Denver, said in a news release.
