Texas Border Business
LAREDO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the Laredo Port of Entry recently apprehended a pedestrian wanted on an outstanding felony warrant for homicide.
On July 7, CBP officers at Laredo’s Gateway to the Americas Bridge referred pedestrian Edgar Beltran, 20, a U.S. citizen, for a secondary inspection. During secondary examination, CBP officers utilizing biometric verification and federal law enforcement databases verified his identity and discovered that he was the subject of an active felony warrant for homicide issued by the Metro Nashville Police Department. CBP officers confirmed the warrant and transported Beltran to Webb County jail to await criminal proceedings.
“Our frontline CBP officers maintained strict vigilance and apprehended a man wanted in connection with a homicide in Tennessee,” said Port Director Alberto Flores, Laredo Port of Entry. “The apprehension of an individual wanted for homicide is paramount to upholding our border security mission and ensuring justice for victims. Every successful apprehension reinforces CBP’s commitment to protecting communities.”
Based on information from the National Crime Information Center, 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. The NCIC is a centralized automated database designed to share information among law enforcement agencies including outstanding warrants for a wide range of offenses. Criminal charges are merely allegations. Defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
