In four months, border agents arrest 1,000 child sex offenders in Tampa area | Just The News
May 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Biden, Democrat Party, TrumpI would like to hear from anyone who believes this would be happening if Trump had not been elected. How many children have been spared sexual abuse- much of it due to the “open boarders” of the Biden Administration [and Democrats who supported this policy]. mrossol
May 3, 2026. Source: In four months, border agents arrest 1,000 child sex offenders in Tampa area | Just The News
Border Patrol agents working in Tampa, Florida, have arrested their 1,000th child sex offender in just four months. The 1,000th arrest was of a Trinidadian man convicted of five felony child sex offenses in Hillsborough County with a lengthy criminal record.
They’re working out of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Miami Sector’s Tampa Station, one of the oldest Border Patrol stations in the country.
The Tampa Station first opened in 1925 to respond to large smuggling rings entering Florida using Cuban fishing boats. It is the only station on Florida’s west coast.
Its area of responsibility covers 12 counties in central and western Florida, spanning 190 miles long and 125 miles wide. It also includes three seaports. From the Gulf, it stretches east to Lake, Osceola, Highland and Glades counties. It stretches north to Levy and Marion counties and south to Lee County.
The 1,000th arrest and “significant milestone is further proof that Border Patrol agents remain committed to making our communities safer by apprehending and removing the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens,” Acting Chief Patrol Agent Samuel Briggs II, Miami Border Patrol Sector, said. “
The 1,000th arrest was a Trinidad national, Troy Antonio Baldeo, who was in the U.S. illegally on an expired visa. His criminal history in the U.S. dates to 2015, when he attempted to evade prosecution on the child sex offense charges. CBP officers arrested him in December 2015 at JFK International Airport in New York as he attempted to board a flight to Trinidad and Tobago. He was extradited to Hillsborough County and convicted in 2016, the same year his nonimmigrant visa expired.
After he was released from prison last December, he wasn’t deported. He moved to Baltimore, Maryland, then returned to Florida where he was arrested this month, CBP said. He remains in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and is being processed for removal.
Other recent notable Tampa Station Border Patrol child sex offender arrests include a Mexican national and confirmed Sureños 13 gang member and a Venezuelan national and confirmed South American Theft Group member. The Venezuelan was convicted of grand theft and three counts of larceny – grand yheft, CBP said. Florida law enforcement officers have been arresting SATG members statewide, including those who are targeting minority small business owners, The Center Square reported.
Other notable child sex offender arrests include a Micronesia national convicted of charges for “Use of Computer Services for Lewd and Lascivious and Out of State Transmission of Harmful Material to a Minor” and a fugitive wanted by Venezuelan officials for financial crimes.
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