Sex offender, deportee caught in Elgin

Last month, police arrested a sex offender who turned out to be a deportee from Mexico.

On April 28, Elgin Police Department patrol officers conducted a routine traffic stop on a vehicle operated by Alfonso Osorio Espinoza.

Espinoza provided a local home address in Elgin. As a matter of protocol, a records check on Espinoza revealed he is a documented sex offender and had been deported to his home country of Mexico following his release from prison in 2018.

Police contacted the Texas Attorney General’s Office (TXOAG) and U.S. Department of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) where it was confirmed Espinoza had been deported and then illegally returned to the U.S. Members of the TXOAG-Fugitive Apprehension Team and the ICE-Fugitive Operations Unit subsequently took Espinoza into custody where he will remain pending additional federal charges.

It is unknown exactly when Espinoza came to Elgin.

If anyone has had suspicious or inappropriate contact with Espinoza, you are encouraged to call EPD Sex Crimes investigator Corporal Mary Majefski at 512-285-5757. Public Information Officer, Amy Miller may be contacted at 512-801-5748, or [email protected].