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In four months, border agents arrest 1,000 child sex offenders in Tampa area
Just the News ^ | May 3, 2026 | Bethany Blankley

Posted on 05/05/2026 5:30:28 AM PDT by Twotone

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: florida; sexoffenders

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1 posted on 05/05/2026 5:30:28 AM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

Astonishing! In just ONE metro area, too!

Those guys are doing God’s work here. It just really hacks me off the leftists and democrats protest them and support criminals of all stripes.

And it REALLY hacks me off that Biden, Mayorkas, and democrats worked in concert to do this to our nation just to hold onto power.


2 posted on 05/05/2026 5:35:49 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Twotone

Gee, is this one major reason some on the Left want to defund those enforcing the laws? 🤔🤔🤔


3 posted on 05/05/2026 5:40:18 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: Twotone

How long before courts start to demand their release.


4 posted on 05/05/2026 5:47:01 AM PDT by midwest_hiker
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To: midwest_hiker

They need to serve out their terms and then deported. Then they’ll come back.


5 posted on 05/05/2026 6:07:39 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Twotone

If we executed these invading predators I bet millions more would just leave on their own.


6 posted on 05/05/2026 6:11:53 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: Twotone

Should read 1,000 child sex offenders found in ocean no boats around investigaion in progress.


7 posted on 05/05/2026 6:16:55 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: Vaduz

1,000 sex offenders go on shark fishing expedition as bait.


8 posted on 05/05/2026 6:18:58 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: Twotone

So IOW we can be sure that there are tens of thousands...or hundreds of thousands...still on the loose in sanctuary cities/states. But,curiously enough,you won’t find a single one living on Martha’s Vineyard.


9 posted on 05/05/2026 6:21:42 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: OldHarbor

Yes they make good chum to draw in the sharks.


10 posted on 05/05/2026 6:48:01 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: Twotone

Just molesting children Americans won’t molest...


11 posted on 05/05/2026 6:49:27 AM PDT by null and void (Trump isn't a pussycat, but he does have nine lives!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Astonishing! In just ONE metro area, too!

Technically, it's most of west and central Florida, but your point still stands. They caught 1,200 in 2025 and another 1,000 so far this year.

These people are the Democrats' constituency.
12 posted on 05/05/2026 7:10:41 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: Twotone

I’m confused a bit about why so many in one large area ? Because they congregate here or because they are looking for them and that shows in the numbers.


13 posted on 05/05/2026 8:07:05 AM PDT by grame (May you know more of the love of God Almighty this day!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

And that the left sides with these freaks.


14 posted on 05/05/2026 10:52:33 AM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
It just really hacks me off the leftists and democrats protest them and support criminals of all stripes.

Can you blame the democrats? That's 1,000 fewer votes for them in elections.
15 posted on 05/05/2026 12:38:43 PM PDT by adorno ( )
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