Thread: Man convicted of murder crossed border illegally in TX | Yennifer Karina Fuentes

Officials: Man convicted of 2009 Charlotte murder arrested in Texas for crossing border illegally | Yennifer Karina Fuentes

https://www.yahoo.com/news/officials...173112205.html

Summary:
April 22, 2022

A man convicted of a 2009 murder in Charlotte was arrested in Texas Thursday after he crossed the border illegally, according to officials.

At around 10:30 a.m., U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested a group of five migrants near Brackettville. During record checks, authorities learned Victor Cruz-Garcia, 35, from Honduras, was charged with second-degree murder by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.

According to investigators, Cruz-Garcia had stabbed a woman to death on Ingleside Drive. The victim was identified as Yennifer Karina Fuentes, 44. Police said it was a domestic incident.

In 2012, Cruz-Garcia was found guilty of the murder and sentenced to 14 years and 3 months confinement.