Border Patrol picks up Nicaraguan national wanted for homicide
June 12, 2008 - 1:42PM
Sean Gaffney
ALTON -- A man wanted for homicide in Miami was found hiding in a house in Alton late Tuesday evening, according to authorities.
U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered Orlando Martinez, 39, hiding in a house near the intersection of 4 Mile Line and Trosper Road after they received a tip that several illegal immigrants were staying at that location.
The 17 people found in the house were illegal immigrants from Mexico and other Central American countries, said Dan Doty, a local spokesman for the Border Patrol.
The immigrants were taken to the agency's McAllen station for processing. Agents performing a record check there discovered that Martinez, a Nicaraguan national, was wanted for homicide by the Miami-Dade Police Department in Florida, Doty said.
He refused to release the name of the wanted man, but records from the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office indicate Martinez is waiting extradition to Florida.
This is at least the second time in recent months that federal agents have discovered a foreign fugitive in the Valley. In late January, agents at the Sarita checkpoint, about 70 miles north of Harlingen, nabbed Pol Brennan, a fugitive wanted by British authorities.
Brennan, who fled a Northern Irish prison in an infamous escape 24 years ago, was arrested after a background check using an international fingerprint system identified him as a fugitive.
British authorities said they weren't actively pursuing Brennan, and he remains in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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December 6, 2007
Agents seize over 2 1/2 tons of drugs
Agents seize over 2 1/2 tons of drugs
Special to the Avalanche
MARFA - Drug smugglers continue to try to get past agents of the U.S. Border Patrol's Marfa Sector to little avail; recent seizures of marijuana have totaled more than 5,230 pounds.
The biggest load came about 1 a.m. Sunday, Dec, 2, when a Florida man driving an 18-wheeler tried to get through the Sierra Blanca checkpoint on Interstate 10.
A Border Patrol K-9 alerted to the trailer. When agents inspected, they discovered 2,328 pounds of marijuana in cellophane bundles among a load of lettuce.
The driver and a passenger were legal resident aliens from Nicaragua residing in Florida, according to the Border Patrol. The drug's street value was place at $1.86 million.
Friday afternoon, Alpine agents reported that they were alerted to footprints near Elephant Mountain south of town. Agents followed the footprints and other signs for about four hours before they spotted four men with large sugar sacks used as backpacks.
The men, citizens of Mexico in the country illegally, were arrested and over $170,400 in marijuana weighing 213 pounds was seized.
Sanderson agents reported seizing over 200 pounds of marijuana when they stopped a vehicle near Dryden after it reportedly dropped off some passengers.
The driver, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was arrested when agents found 238 pounds of marijuana valued at over $190,000, the Border Patrol reported. The backpackers eluded the agents.
In another incident agents reported seizing 2,451 pounds of marijuana in the trailer of an 18-wheeler on Nov. 28 at the Sierra Blanca Station on Interstate 10.
While agents were conducting an immigration check on the driver, 44-year-old legal permanent resident from El Paso, a K9 alerted to the presence of people or narcotics in the trailer, agents said. The marijuana was valued at $1.96 million.
In all cases, the smugglers, the vehicles and the drugs were turned over to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.
http://www.alpineavalanche.com/articles/2007/12/06/news/news09.txt
Special to the Avalanche
MARFA - Drug smugglers continue to try to get past agents of the U.S. Border Patrol's Marfa Sector to little avail; recent seizures of marijuana have totaled more than 5,230 pounds.
The biggest load came about 1 a.m. Sunday, Dec, 2, when a Florida man driving an 18-wheeler tried to get through the Sierra Blanca checkpoint on Interstate 10.
A Border Patrol K-9 alerted to the trailer. When agents inspected, they discovered 2,328 pounds of marijuana in cellophane bundles among a load of lettuce.
The driver and a passenger were legal resident aliens from Nicaragua residing in Florida, according to the Border Patrol. The drug's street value was place at $1.86 million.
Friday afternoon, Alpine agents reported that they were alerted to footprints near Elephant Mountain south of town. Agents followed the footprints and other signs for about four hours before they spotted four men with large sugar sacks used as backpacks.
The men, citizens of Mexico in the country illegally, were arrested and over $170,400 in marijuana weighing 213 pounds was seized.
Sanderson agents reported seizing over 200 pounds of marijuana when they stopped a vehicle near Dryden after it reportedly dropped off some passengers.
The driver, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was arrested when agents found 238 pounds of marijuana valued at over $190,000, the Border Patrol reported. The backpackers eluded the agents.
In another incident agents reported seizing 2,451 pounds of marijuana in the trailer of an 18-wheeler on Nov. 28 at the Sierra Blanca Station on Interstate 10.
While agents were conducting an immigration check on the driver, 44-year-old legal permanent resident from El Paso, a K9 alerted to the presence of people or narcotics in the trailer, agents said. The marijuana was valued at $1.96 million.
In all cases, the smugglers, the vehicles and the drugs were turned over to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.
http://www.alpineavalanche.com/articles/2007/12/06/news/news09.txt
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