Border Patrol Agents Apprehend Wanted Felon

C.B.P. News Release

Border Patrol Agents Apprehend Wanted Felon

(Tuesday, November 10, 2009)

Mission, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the McAllen Station apprehended an El Salvadorian national with an active arrest warrant for attempted murder out of the state of Florida.

On November 8, agents apprehended six illegal aliens near Chimney Park in Mission. Record checks indicated that one of the individuals, 26-year-old Roberto Carlos Abarca Cepeda, was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant for attempted murder from Orange County, Fla.

Agents contacted the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and verified that the arrest warrant for Abartca Cepeda is valid. Abarca Cepeda will be turned over to the Hidalgo County Sheriffs Office pending extradition to Orange County, Fla.

To report suspicious activity, contact the Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sectors’ toll free telephone number at 1-800-863-9382.

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.

Contacts For This News Release
Rio Grande Valley
CBP Public Affairs
Phone: (956) 289-4845

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