Border Patrol arrests Juarez police officer

Daniel Borunda / El Paso Times
Posted: 10/01/2011 10:39:10 AM MDT

A Juarez police officer was arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol after he crossed the Rio Grande while reportedly chasing crime suspects early Friday evening near Downtown El Paso, an official said.

Border Patrol agents approached the uniformed officer on the U.S. side of the river and detained him without incident, said Agent Ramiro Cordero, an agency spokesman. The police officer was processed before being returned voluntarily to Mexico.

It is believed that the group the officer was chasing ran back to Mexico and escaped.

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