Burning Atlanta

This is EXACTLY the type of thing that causes me to start screaming. WHY? Why wasn't this piece of shit identified during his earlier arrest?  Yeah, I'm glad they've caught him, AGAIN, but how about some serious prison time?

Career Criminal.

 A Mexican citizen who has been deported twice, including once after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a child, could be heading for this third deportation following a recent arrest in Montrose.

Saloman Renteria-Valdez, 61, was taken into federal custody in January after federal agents confirmed he had been arrested in connection with human trafficking and an assortment of other crimes since 1977.

According to a complaint filed in a Colorado federal court, Renteria-Valdez was arrested in late January in Montrose.

The FBI flagged Renteria-Valdez as illegally re-entering the country in mid-February when his fingerprints linked him to his previous convictions and deportations. Why mid-February if he was arrested and "federal agents confirmed he'd been arrested...." for earlier crimes?

Renteria-Valdez was booked into Mesa County Jail on Monday.

According to federal court records, Renteria-Valdez was deported Feb. 12, 1979, following his conviction on human smuggling charges.

The affidavit also shows he was deported Aug. 30, 1996, after he was convicted of molesting a child.

Renteria-Valdez’s criminal complaint shows he has been convicted of a plethora of crimes over the past three decades, including robbery, human smuggling and possession of illegal drugs.

Federal court records also show Renteria-Valdez was arrested in July 2001 in Montrose on suspicion of being an intoxicated pedestrian in a roadway.

“Immigration and Customs Enforcement was not notified and no removal proceeding (sic) were initiated,” the affidavit said. WHY NOT??? And we all know the answer: Candy-assed "Don't ask/don't tell" policies from jerks who prefer a "It's not our job" attitude. They'd rather let career criminals, murderers, rapists and, in this case, a child molester loose than to check his immigration status. EVERY person arrested, no matter the offense, should be screened. That's the problem with Georgia's laws. DUIs and felony arrests get checked, but not lesser offenses.