Posted on 04/14/2005 5:47:12 PM PDT by Dog Gone
Hundreds of Texas fugitives, including a man accused of a triple homicide and a gang member who allegedly killed a 6-year-old in a drive-by shooting, were arrested in a national fugitive roundup, authorities said today.
The nationwide effort that included 960 federal, state and local law enforcement entities snared 10,340 people.
U.S. Marshals arrested 424 fugitives in the federal Southern District of Texas, which includes Houston, Galveston, Victoria, Corpus Christi, Laredo, Brownsville and McAllen.
"We apprehended some of the most dangerous and most violent offenders on the streets in the last seven days," U.S. Attorney Michael Shelby said Thursday. "This effort will make the streets that much safer for your children."
Arrested in Houston was Salvador Cervantes, a former municipal police officer in Mexico, who has been wanted for more than 10 years in the murder of three people, including his 15-year-old son.
Marshals nabbed a man sought on charges of aggravated assault and murder in the death of a Victoria 6-year-old and a man accused of the murder of a Fort Bend County convenience store clerk.
Marshals took 243 fugitives into custody in the Northern District of Texas, which includes the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Those arrested included Eddie Kelly, 24, wanted by Dallas police for allegedly killing a man by shooting him five times after leaving a drug house on Feb. 13.
Another 301 fugitives were arrested in the Western District of Texas, said court spokesman Daryl Fields. The region includes San Antonio and El Paso.
U.S. Marshal Ruben Monzon said other tasks were put aside for the week so authorities could concentrate on finding these fugitives "day and night."
"We identified the more violent people to go after," he said. "If these people are not arrested they will be out in the streets committing more violent crimes."
A raid in Laredo netted guns, bulletproof vests, marijuana, cocaine, rhypnol, more than $30,000 in cash and 21 pits bulls trained for fighting.
The effort was the largest ever in terms of arrests and Monzon said he plans to lead more such coordinated efforts in the future.
And the next day, and the day after that, and...
I like the raids (usually for a lot less heavy dudes than these) where the cops mail out a fake notice of a lottery award and invite the cons to attend the bogus ceremony.
The looks on the faces when the bust goes down are just too precious.
Most likely 9,000 will beat the deporting officer back to the US.
If they can do this now, why not every day? I'm with you on this. How can they accomplish this one time and not have a clue the rest of the year? If they know where they are, pick em up!
Don't get me wrong, I am very happy these people are, at least temporarily off the street. However I am not happy that we let things like this build up.
ol' hoghead
That's the only explanation I can come up with.
Since I believe this country is a republic and not a democracy. Guess they will be grabbing me next.
"If they can do this now, why not every day? I'm with you on this. How can they accomplish this one time and not have a clue the rest of the year? If they know where they are, pick em up!"
They are trying to show that they're handling the problem and there's no need for the citizens to worry. I think all the recent Minutemen publicity has a few butts in Washington pretty chapped.
Don't mess with Texas. ;-)
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Oh yeah, right. I'd like everyone to look like me instead of Anna Kournikova. Barf Alert.
I hear you. Lots of monday morning Q-Backs around here. I say good job and hope everyone is safe.
Yeah, this looks pretty bad. I feel there is something fishy in this system. What, they don't want to arrest too many or they'll run out of things to do? What a crock. I would love to hear someone explain this.
yah, nothing like a little competition...
Dog the Bounty hunter did that the other night on his TV show with a vacuum cleaner. It was pretty funny.
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