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Man wanted in Springfield arrested in Texas

Melissa DeLoach
© 2006, Springfield News-Leader

A 21-year-old McAllen, Texas, man wanted in Springfield for murder was apprehended this morning in McAllen for transporting six illegal immigrants from Mexico.

A spokesman with the Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector told the News-Leader the man, whose name is being withheld, is being held at the Hidalgo County Detention Center pending extradition to Missouri.

Roy Cervantes said the man?s fingerprints tipped agents off of a warrant in Missouri for murder.

It was not immediately known which death the man is wanted for.

Cervantes said a Texas Highway Patrol trooper stopped the 1992 Buick LeSabre for a traffic violation on U.S. Highway 281, north of Edinburg. The Border Patrol was alerted when six illegal immigrants were found inside the vehicle.

All were transported to the McAllen jail for processing including fingerprinting, Cervantes said.