1PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a Salvadoran national charged with multiple child sex crimes after he was released from Montgomery County custody despite an active immigration detainer.

Oscar Adalberto Penate, 56, was taken into custody in Pottstown on Saturday by agents from ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia, Homeland Security Investigations Philadelphia, and IRS Philadelphia.

Penate, who claims to have unlawfully entered the U.S. in 1998 through Texas, was arrested July 22 by Pottstown Township Police. He faces multiple charges, including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, indecent assault of a person under 13, corruption of minors, and other offenses. The charges are pending.

ICE said the Montgomery County Correct

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