Man wanted in double fatal in NM arrested in El Paso
A man wanted in connection with a car accident that killed two people in New Mexico has been arrested in Texas.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the El Paso port say they took 22-year-old Joel Cordoba Lopez into custody about 11 a.m. Wednesday.
They say Lopez was a passenger in a vehicle that entered the U.S. from Mexico at the Paso Del Norte international crossing.
Lopez applied for entry by presenting his passport to a CBP officer at the primary inspection booth.
The officer questioned the document and noticed Lopez was wanted in New Mexico.
Officers arrested Lopez after confirming the warrant information linking him to an Aug. 5 accident that killed a woman and her son.
Lopez has been turned over to El Paso police.
