Wanted Mexican fugitive captured

UNION-TRIBUNE BREAKING NEWS TEAM

10:27 a.m. November 17, 2008

SAN DIEGO – Border Patrol agents announced Monday that they apprehended a Mexican fugitive wanted in connection with a homicide in Los Angeles after he illegally entered the country.

The 41-year-old man was with four other Mexican nationals in a remote area near Dulzura about four miles north of the border when the group was spotted about 12:30 p.m. Sunday, a Border Patrol spokesman said.

The agents determined that all five had entered the country illegally and took them into custody.

As they were being processed, agents found that one man had an outstanding felony warrant, the spokesman said. He was handed over to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department and is awaiting extradition to Los Angeles.

His name was not released.
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