LOS ANGELES – (INT) - A special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from Murrieta has been convicted in federal court of four federal offenses related to assistance to assistance he provided to a Mexican national with a criminal record to re-enter the United States.

Felix Cisneros Jr., 44, of Murrieta, an 11-year veteran of ICE is now on indefinite suspension from the agency.

According to court documents and the evidence presented to the jury, Cisneros agreed to help a friend’s business associate re-enter the United States after traveling to Mexico City in 2013. The business associate, Santiago Garcia-Gutierrez, was a lawful permanent resident of the United States, but because of prior criminal convictions and an outstanding warrant for his arrest, he was barred from being legally admitted into the United States upon his return.

Story Date: April 28, 2018