Man Wanted In 1980s San Diego County Homicide Surrenders
A man wanted in the late 1980s death of a 19-year-old man in California was arrested at the Ysleta Port of Entry about 11 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said.
Police said 55-year-old Efren Gutierrez-Villalobos, of Juarez, had a warrant for homicide issued out of San Diego County, Calif. He was booked into the El Paso County Jail.
Customs and Border Protection officials said Gutierrez-Villalobos, who was in the pedestrian lane at the port of entry, was stopped for inspection before it was determined that he was wanted on an outstanding homicide out of National City, Calif., which is near San Diego. He was turned over to El Paso police and is awaiting extradition to California.
According to a news release issued by U.S. Customs Border Protection, Gutierrez-Villalobos and another man were identified as suspects by the National City Police Department in the July 7, 1986, killing of a 19-year-old man in National City. The man had been struck with unknown object and also run over by a vehicle. National City police believe Gutierrez-Villalobos fled to Mexico shortly after the killing.
?The CBP inspection process generates numerous fugitive arrests every year,? said El Paso Port Director Hector Mancha. ?Fugitives will flee the nation to avoid the reach of U.S. law enforcement however many are identified and captured by CBP officers when they choose to return.?
