EAGLE PASS, Texas

Crimes of Moral Turpitude, Warrant Land Men in Lockup

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry, in separate incidents, recently detained two men – one destined for removal from the country due to being a known sex offender, the other wanted for violating probation following a narcotics conviction.   On Saturday, CBP officers at the Camino Real International Bridge inspected a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt as it arrived from Mexico. The driver of the vehicle, Jose Arroyo Paulin, 35, of Eagle Pass, presented the inspecting officer with a temporary I-551 (green card). Initial records checks revealed Arroyo to be a registered sex offender. CBP officers queried government databases, which indicated Arroyo has a criminal history that includes a 2003 conviction in Los Angeles for lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14. Officers received authorization to initiate removal proceedings on grounds of “crimes involving moral turpitude.” Arroyo, who is currently serving in the U.S. Navy, stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was transported to a detention facility pending removal proceedings.     In an unrelated incident on Monday, a U.S. citizen wanted for probation violation on a narcotics conviction, was taken into custody. Adrian Alejandro Salinas, 28, surrendered himself to CBP officers at the pedestrian lane of Eagle Pass Bridge No. 1, Monday afternoon. CBP officers discovered that Salinas had been wanted since 2006. Records checks revealed an outstanding warrant for probation violation, stemming from a conviction for possession of five kilograms of cocaine. Salinas was turned over to the U.S. Marshals Service.   “Our frontline CBP officers have the ability to check arriving travelers, using law enforcement databases,” said Cynthia O. Rodriguez, CBP Port Director, Eagle Pass. “This is an important tool for detecting anyone wanted on outstanding warrants or who might be subject to removal from the country based on inadmissibility standards.”  

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El Consulado de México dio a conocer que lamentablemente fallecieron tres mexicanos en la última semana, en casos separados, por deshidratación y cuyos cuerpos fueron localizados con documentos de identificación. El cuerpo de Jorge Isaías Luna García, con fecha de nacimiento del 15 de abril de 1980, originario y vecino de Monterrey, Nuevo León fue localizado por agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza en el Rancho Stumbreg, ubicado a 15 millas al sureste de la ciudad de Carrizo Springs, Texas. El juez de Paz Alfredo Martínez pronuncio su muerte por deshidratación y sus restos fueron llevados a una funeraria de esta ciudad. El 16 de agosto personal de la Patrulla Fronteriza de Uvalde, Texas notifico el hallazgo del cuerpo del mexicano Pedro Solorio Verduzco, nacido el 12 de julio de 1967 en La Quiringucua, del Municipio de Churumuco, Michoacán quien portaba documentos que confirmaban su identificación y permitieron la pronta localización de sus familiares en San Francisco, California, lugar a donde serán enviados sus restos de acuerdo con el deseo de sus parientes. El hallazgo se realizo en el Rancho Roswell cerca de la ciudad de Uvalde y la juez de Paz Tere Melendrez pronuncio la causa del fallecimiento por deshidratación. En otro incidente el 19 de agosto oficiales de la Patrulla Fronteriza de Carrizo Springs, Texas avisaron al Consulado de México el hallazgo del cuerpo del connacional Julio Cesar Estrada Estrada, con fecha de nacimiento del 20 de noviembre de 1992, originario y vecino de San Luis de la Paz, Guanajuato. De acuerdo con el juez Alfredo Martínez fue por deshidratación en el Rancho Comanche del condado de Dimmit. Actualmente el Consulado de México realiza con sus familiares la identificación plena y los tramites para la repatriación del cuerpo.

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A potentially dangerous situation Tuesday morning at Maverick Nursing Home prompted an emergency evacuation of the facility as a result of a short circuit in the air conditioning system. The evacuation was conducted as a precautionary measure and emergency services were summoned including police department and fire department personnel. According to reports by Police Chief, Juan Antonio Castaneda, the evacuation was conducted in order to avoid any possible life threatening situations as a result of the short in the AC system. Residents of the nursing home facility which is located on Bob Rodgers were evacuated from the building and there were no reports of injuries to anyone of the residents. The emergency took place at approximately 2:47 a.m. on Tuesday morning and officers were on scene under the direction of Sergeant Orlando Escareno to render assistance in the evacuation procedures. Our local fire department found the short and were able to quickly neutralize the situation and the resident were eventually able to return to their rooms. Chief Castaneda explained that the police department along with the assistance of the fire department was able to respond effectively to this emergency call.