EXCLUSIVE: Border Officials Slap Cuffs On Five Fugitives
Federal agents working along the southern border arrested five people wanted on serious felony charges abroad and in the U.S. in less than a week. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents assigned to ports of entry…
Federal agents working along the southern border arrested five people wanted on serious felony charges abroad and in the U.S. in less than a week.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents assigned to ports of entry around Laredo, Texas, apprehended individuals charged with homicide, indecency with children and other heinous crimes in late March, according to information exclusively shared with the Daily Caller News Foundation. The major busts follow in the wake of record-setting inactivity along the U.S.-Mexico border since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
CBP officers working at Laredo’s Colombia-Solidarity Bridge arrested Victoria Fernandez Lopez, a 31-year-old Mexican national, on March 27 after discovering she was subject to an active felony warrant for indecency with a child, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Two days later, officers assigned to the Gateway Bridge in Brownsville, Texas, arrested Jose Arturo Alfaro Acuna, a 26-year-old Mexican national, after learning he was wanted in his home country for homicide and abuse of office.
Fernandez was taken to the Webb County jail in Texas and Acuna was ultimately handed over to Mexican authorities, according to DHS.
Border agents at the Eagle Pass International Bridge on March 29 arrested Efren Gonzalez Dominguez, a 37-year-old American, upon discovering he was wanted in New Mexico on an active felony warrant for sexual assault, DHS officials confirmed. Two days later, CBP agents also arrested Epifanio Benitez and Joel Herrera, two American citizens who attempted travel at different international crossings and both wanted for alleged sexual assault of children.
“In the span of just five days, CBP officers at ports of entry in the Laredo area apprehended five fugitives with felony charges,” Acting DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement obtained by the DCNF. “The charges of those apprehended included homicide, sexual assault, and indecency with a child.”