Mexican man who illegally entered US five times arrested after child abduction conviction in Illinois

EXCLUSIVE - A Mexican antheral who illegally entered the United States astatine slightest 5 times was arrested pursuing his condemnation for abducting and enticing a child.

Leonardo Ignot-Osto, 40, was successful the Scott County Jail successful Illinois erstwhile helium was arrested connected Sunday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. 

"This is who ICE is arresting successful Chicago, a transgression alien that repeatedly entered the U.S. illegally and went to perpetrate heinous crimes against a child," said ICE Assistant Director for Public Affairs Emily Covington.

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Leonardo Ignot-Osto, 40, was arrested aft helium was convicted of abduction of a child. He illegally entered the U.S. astatine slightest 5 times, authorities said.  (Getty Images)

Ignot-Osto illegally entered the U.S. astatine slightest 5 times dating backmost to 2005, ICE said. 

U.S. Border Patrol encountered him 4 times successful 2005, and each time, helium voluntarily returned to Mexico. He snuck backmost into the state for astatine slightest the 5th clip anterior to his archetypal transgression condemnation successful the U.S., authorities said. 

On April 15, 2025, helium was charged successful Illinois with abduction, kidnapping a child, and 2 counts of enticement of a kid for indecent purposes, ICE said.

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On Sept. 18, helium was recovered blameworthy of kid abduction and luring a kid nether 17 and sentenced to a twelvemonth successful prison.

"This antheral is intelligibly a nationalist information threat, and if the sanctuary metropolis of Chicago would person turned him implicit to america aft his archetypal condemnation successful 2010, helium wouldn’t person been present to victimize an guiltless child," Covington said. 

Ignot-Osto is presently being held by ICE pending deportation proceedings. 

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Immigration authorities person been operating successful the Chicago country successful an effort to curb transgression and deport transgression amerciable immigrants, contempt dense propulsion backmost from section and authorities officials.