Last week, two aggravated felons that were part of two different groups of illegal migrants were apprehended by Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Wellton station in a total 0f two days.
Agents arrested a group of three migrants on the western edge of the Cabeza Prieta Wildlife Refuge last Monday. One of the migrants was identified as Hugo Zazueta-Garcia, an aggravated felon who was charged and convicted in Maricopa County in 2017 for being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition. He was sentenced to 42 months in prison; however, it is unknown how much time he served.
Wellton agents encountered another group the following morning in the desert approximately 40 miles southeast of Tacna, Arizona. One of the migrants out of the group of 10 was identified as Valentin Deltoro-Pena, who also had an alias of Simon Gomez-Vincent. Deltoro-Pena was arrested and convicted in 2020 in Tennessee for aggravated assault and subsequently sentenced to three years in prison. It is unknown how much time Deltoro-Pena actually served.
Zazueta-Garcia and Deltoro-Pena, both Mexican nationals, have previous removals from the United States. As a result, they will be charged for illegal reentry of an aggravated felon.