Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Rios was deported in 2003 and again the following year.
Rios, 33, has been charged with the murder and sexual assault of Carolina Cano, a 45-year-old Jersey City nanny whose body was discovered in the lake at Lincoln Park.
Rios is being held at the Hudson County Jail.
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