CBP Arrests Murderer Convicted in California in 2003 After Entering US Illegally

A Mexican national previously convicted for second-degree murder over a decade ago was arrested near the U.S.-Mexico border, federal authorities said.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent sits in a vehicle along a border wall near the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) San Ysidro Port of Entry at the U.S. Mexico border in San Diego, Calif., on Feb. 19, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

A Mexican national previously convicted for second-degree murder over a decade ago was arrested near the U.S.-Mexico border, federal authorities said.

The 45-year-old man was located by border patrol agents on April 2 after a concerned citizen called the department to report “two suspicious men” wandering in “harsh terrain” for several days near Marron Valley Road in California.