A 48-year-old Mexican convicted of sexual indecency with an 8-year-old girl will be deported

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested Lorenzo Alfredo Macias was arrested Tuesday. He will be held in the Clay County Jail until he can be deported.

He was convicted in El Paso, Texas on Sept. 17, 1986. At the time he was legally in the United States, but his criminal conviction made him eligible for deportation. He entered administrative removal proceedings on June 21, 2002, after violating his probation with the state and was ordered deported one year later.

"Any crime against a child is appalling, especially one that is sexual in nature," said Michael Rozos, field of director for detention and removal in Florida. "This monster will not terrorize our community any longer."

Macias' arrest is part of a nationwide initiative known as Operation Predator, which tracks down sexual offenders, including those who travel across continents to have sex with minors. Internet child pornographers and criminal alien sex offenders and child traffickers are also a priority for the initiative, which has arrested more than 5,730 people since July 2003.

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