Previously convicted killer arrested by Border Patrol in El Paso

41-year-old Alberto Antonio Coreas Mejia, a convicted killer who previously resided in Houston, Texas, was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol Agents assigned to the El Paso Station.

Late Tuesday night, agents working the video surveillance system observed three people illegally enter the United States through the Rio Grande just south of the Asarco area. The camera operators advised agents in the area of the location of the group as they made their way north of Paisano Drive.

An agent found all three people lying flat attempting to hide near the canal wall located north of Paisano. The three were arrested and transported to the Paso Del Norte Texas Processing Center.

After Border Patrol agents researched all immigration and criminal databases, they discovered that Alberto Antonio Coreas Mejia had previous immigration and criminal history.

The records showed that Alberto Antonio Coreas Mejia, from El Salvador, was convicted in Houston, Texas, for criminally negligent homicide and served four years in prison. Coreas was encountered by ICE agents after he was arrested in Houston for resisting arrest and attempted burglary in 2013. He was just officially removed from the United States in October 2017.

Coreas was transported to the El Paso County Jail pending removal and criminal proceedings