FORT MYERS, Fla. - WINK News has learned the man accused of killing Fort Myers Police Officer Andy Wildman was ordered to be deported from the United States. It is a story you first saw on First on WINKNews.com.

The Fort Myers Police Department is telling WINK News according to thier information Abel Arango was ordered to be deported from the United States.

It is not clear from the information the WINK News has obtained if Arango was actaully deported and then re-entered the United States, or if Arango was never deported.

Arango was a Cuban native. He entered the United States in Miami. Arango was given a "refugee status" in 1991. Nine years later, in 2000, he was ordered to be deported after being convicted of an Aggravated Felony. He appealed his deportation ruling, but the appeal was denied in 2001 and his Order of Deportation was reinstated at that time.

From the information that WINK News received, Arango was released from the Kron Detention Center in Miami in July of 2004.

WINK News has also learned that Arango is a documented gang member by the Collier County Sheriff's Office.

Arango's adult criminal history is very extensive including 20 felony charges and two misdemeanor charges. Some of those charges include:
o Armed Robbery
o Carrying a Concealed Weapon
o Cocaine Possession
o Cocaine Sale
o Cocaine Trafficking
o Grand Theft
o Burglary
o Possession of Weapon
o Battery - Domestic Violence
o Criminal Mischief