Texas Border Business
LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, Laredo Port of Entry officers detained one male wanted for an alleged homicide out of Fort Worth, Texas.
“The successful apprehension of this individual demonstrates the diligence of our officers,” said Port Director Alberto Flores, Laredo Port of Entry. “CBP remains steadfast in our mission to identify and intercept those who attempt to evade justice, ensuring that fugitives facing serious charges are brought before the proper authorities.”
The fugitive apprehension occurred on Tuesday, Aug. 26, when CBP officers at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge referred Hugo Francisco Garza Munoz, a 25-year-old United States citizen, for secondary inspection. Garza Munoz was a passenger aboard a commercial bus. After escorting the passenger to secondary, subsequent biometric verification through law enforcement databases confirmed that the subject had an outstanding felony warrant for a homicide/murder-overdose involvement charge issued by Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office in Fort Worth, Texas. Under the definition for murder in Texas Penal Code Section 19.02 (a) (4), a person commits criminal homicide if he intentionally or knowingly manufactures or delivers a controlled substance included in Penalty Group 1-B under Section 481.1022, Health and Safety Code, in violation of Section 481.1123, Health and Safety Code, and an individual dies as a result of injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or introducing into the individual’s body any amount of the controlled substance manufactured or delivered by the actor, regardless of whether the controlled substance was used by itself or with another substance, including a drug, adulterant, or dilutant.
The National Crime Information Center is a centralized automated database designed to share information among law enforcement agencies including outstanding warrants for a wide range of offenses. Based on information from NCIC, CBP officers have made previous arrests of individuals wanted for homicide, escape, money laundering, robbery, narcotics distribution, sexual child abuse, fraud, larceny, and military desertion. Criminal charges are merely allegations. Defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
