Convicted killer, alleged smuggler apprehended

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Louie Gilot / El Paso Times
Article Launched: 09/05/2007 12:00:00 AM MDT

Border Patrol agents in El Paso caught a convicted murderer trying to cross into the United States and an alleged migrant smuggler in two separate incidents Saturday and Monday, agency officials said.

On Saturday, agents caught a 38-year-old Mexican national west of the Paso del Norte Bridge. That man, whose name was not released, had served seven years for murder and had been removed from the United States several times. Monday, a 26-year old Mexican national was arrested while trying to smuggle a group of migrants through the Paso del Norte Bridge. Border Patrol officials said that man also had extensive immigration and criminal records.