$350,000 reward in BP agent’s death

By Arthur H. Rotstein
The Associated Press

Federal authorities said Friday they have offered a reward of up to $350,000 for information leading to the arrest of a Mexican suspect in a Border Patrol agent’s death.

Authorities believe Jesus Albino Navarro Montes, 22, is in Mexico but based on previous actions may try to re-enter the United States.

U.S. officials allege that Navarro struck and killed agent Luis Aguilar with a vehicle on Jan. 19 as Aguilar tried to place spike strips on a road to stop suspected drug smugglers in California’s Imperial County Sand Dunes.

Aguilar, 32, was a six-year Border Patrol veteran.

Mexican authorities arrested Navarro on Jan. 22 in Mexicali. But U.S. authorities failed to formally request his extradition over the next five months, and on June 18, a judge freed Navarro after clearing him of an unrelated migrant-smuggling charge.
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