C.B.P. News Release

CBP Captures Man Wanted in Attempted Murder Investigation

(Friday, February 12, 2010)

El Paso, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the El Paso port of entry Thursday took custody of a man being sought on attempted first degree murder charges in Colorado.

CBP officers arrested 22-year-old Julio Mariano Leal Gomez of Aurora, Colorado at about 6:15 p.m. after he entered the U.S. from Mexico as a pedestrian at the downtown Paso Del Norte international crossing.

CBP officers at the port were performing inspections on arriving travelers when their initial computer query on Gomez identified him as a wanted subject. CBP officers immediately took custody of the man and then performed a secondary Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) scan which confirmed an active warrant out of Adams County, Colorado. The suspect was turned over to the El Paso police department without incident and booked into the El Paso County Jail. Gomez is a Guatemalan citizen with Legal Permanent Residence status in the U.S.

“The various layers of enforcement CBP officers use at area ports have successfully identified numerous dangerous fugitives over the years. This is the latest example,â€