El Paso Police Arrest Suspected Bank Robber

By Miguel Martinez

EL PASO — Agents with the FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force arrested an 18-year old man in connection with a Monday bank robbery at a Chase bank branch in Northeast El Paso.

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Victor Munoz III was arrested Tuesday night in New Mexico after investigators with the FBI, U.S. Border Patrol and the El Paso Police Department identified him as a “person of interest” in the case. Investigators said Munoz robbed a Chase Bank branch at 5209 Wren.

A bulletin was distributed to area law enforcement agencies specifying Munoz and a blue Chevrolet pickup truck with Virginia license plates. Munoz was detained at the Border Patrol checkpoint on I-25 and FBI agents took him into custody.

Munoz is due to appear in court in Las Cruces on Thursday.