Murder Fugitive Found In Trunk Of Car At Otay Mesa Border Crossing
June 16th 2012 · 22 Comments
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa port of entry early Monday morning apprehended a fugitive wanted for murder who was hiding in the trunk of a vehicle to evade capture.
Credit: PHOTO COURTESY OF NORTH LAS VEGAS POLICE DEPARTMENT
Above: Jose Alejandro Gonzales
Jose Alejandro Gonzales, a 22-year-old male U.S. citizen, was wanted in connection with a Las Vegas shooting in April that left two men dead and two women critically injured. He had an outstanding felony warrant for his arrest for homicide, with bail set at $2.1 million.
On Monday at about 2 a.m., a 57-year-old female driving a Grey Chevrolet Impala with a 28-year-old female passenger entered the port for inspection from Mexico. The Customs and Border Protection officer conducting the inspection observed the driver and passenger “acting suspiciously” and flagged the car for inspection, according to CBP officials.
CBP officers screened the car with a device similar to an X-ray and saw the outline of a person hiding in the trunk of the car. They opened the trunk, found Gonzales and removed him from the vehicle.
CBP officers used his fingerprints to positively identify him. After confirming the warrant with the FBI, CBP officers transported Gonzales to the San Diego County jail pending extradition.
The two women, both U.S. citizens, were released.
A version of this column originally appeared in feeds.kpbs.org.
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Why were they released?? They were both aiding a fugitive of the law.
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Yeah, WHY were they released?
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A U.S. citizen? You mean the idiot son of illegal alien parents that should have never been given an American birth certificate in the first place.
The women should have been held as accessories. Probably also anchor babies
from hell.
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The good ole’ US of A……
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Loser!
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They caught George Zimmerman!
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There is a law for harboring a fugitive, both Bimbos SHOULD have gone to jail. Lax LAw Enforcement.
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one is better then “none” so what else is “lax” right? just about everything in the anchient law books!~~
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Hope he was found in the trunk dead…. was he ?
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Since when is harboring a fugitive not a felony??? Released the two women for doing what for the border agent(s)? Both belong in jail!!!
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The women should have been arrested for aiding and abetting a fugitive.
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Saved money for trial–good thing.
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Our country needs a rehaul.
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That figures.
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Someone is Doing there JOB
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thats nice……..let all the criminals in
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I hope he was dead…
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Obviously if he got caught it’s not Otay for him now !
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Shoot him and the trial will not be lengthy(the movie Quigley)
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Shoot em is right, send him back in a body bag & the message becomes crystal clear. Dontcha think!
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I agree, NO prisoners—ever. Saves us a lot of money.
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Way to go Border agents!
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