The Benton County Drug Task Force arrested Francisco Regalado-Perea Wednesday night in a drug bust collecting 10-thousand dollars in cash, one pound of meth, some pot and cocaine and several guns. This wasn't Regalado-Perea's first arrest in Benton County -- investigators say he was arrested back in 2003 and deported. But over the past four years he made his way back into the country illegally and back to Benton County before investigators re-arrested him this week. Jim Miranda, a Benton County resident and a Founder of People for Culture and Understanding, says deporting Regalado-Perea was not the answer then and it's not the answer now. "What did that get us? It got us a guy that just came right back and committed more crimes." Miranda says deporting illegal criminals just allows them to commit crimes elsewhere. "He needs time to sit in a jail cell, whether that's five years, ten years, whatever our system deems he needs, he needs that time to reflect. It's an absolute mistake to send criminals who have committed crimes on our soil over across the border to roam free." Regalado-Perea is being held in the Benton County Jail for immigration officials.
