San Diego – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers along the California border with Mexico apprehended 28 wanted fugitives this past weekend.
CBP
officers encountered wanted persons with warrants ranging from parole
violations to larceny, to dangerous drugs and homicide.
On
Nov. 6, at 12 a.m. Mexican law enforcement officers turned over Julio
Angel Garcia Puente, a 50-year-old Mexican citizen and legal permanent
resident of San Diego to CBP enforcement officers and San Diego Police
detectives at the San Ysidro port of entry. Garcia Puente had a no-bail
felony homicide warrant out of San Diego, for the alleged murder of his
estranged wife. Once CBP enforcement officers verified the identity of
Garcia Puente he was turned over to the custody of San Diego Police
detectives for processing.
Later that
same day at 10:50 p.m., at the San Ysidro border station a CBP officer
conducting inspections encountered Nancy Islas, a U.S. citizen and
resident of Adelanto, Calif. when she entered the port as a passenger in
a vehicle. Islas had a felony warrant for dangerous drugs with a bail
amount of $25,000 out of San Bernardino, Calif. She was arrested and
booked into Las Colinas Women’s Detention Facility awaiting extradition.
On
Nov. 7, at 3:25 a.m. Lorena Sanchez a 41-year-old U.S. citizen and
resident of El Monte, Calif., applied for entry at the San Ysidro border
station as a passenger in a vehicle. As the CBP officer conducted his
inspection, he was alerted that Sanchez was wanted on a felony warrant
for dangerous drugs with a bail amount of $50,000 out of Monrovia,
Calif. She was arrested and taken to Las Colinas Women’s Detention
Facility to await extradition.
“The
apprehension of so many wanted fugitives demonstrates the dedication of
our officers to securing our border and keeping criminals out of our
community,” said Pete Flores Acting director of San Diego Field
Operations.
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of
Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of
our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is
charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the
country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
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