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An illegal alien arrested at an Oregon airport was on the loose despite being charged with horrific sex crimes against a minor in the sanctuary state.
On Feb. 3, a Transportation Security Administration officer working a terminal checkpoint at Portland International Airport encountered 38-year-old Manuel Cruz-Ramirez.
Cruz-Ramirez presented a Mexican passport bearing a different name.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was alerted when the passport failed to return full data.
CBP used fingerprints to identify Cruz-Ramirez and discovered he was previously deported to Mexico in 2018.
He then reentered the U.S. at an undisclosed location and date before being arrested in Oregon.
“Cruz-Ramirez was released on bail after being charged in Marion County, Oregon, in an amended indictment that includes rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, and purchasing sex with a minor,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon stated in a press release.
Cruz-Ramirez is now in federal custody and has been charged with illegal reentry.
