Border Patrol pursuit on Paisano ends with Guatemalan, Mexican nationals dead
Update (October 13, 2025): El Paso Police just identified the two people killed in the rollover crash on the 2300 block of Paisano Sunday.
The crash happened at 5:54 p.m., according to EPPD officials.
Officials identified the two people who died in the crash as Guatemalan national Axel Everado Iquic-Sequen, 30, and Mexican national Manuel Mateo Lopez, 22. They say that El Paso resident Juan Bernardo Galarza, 18, was driving the car that crashed. In additional to Iquic-Sequen and Lopez, four other passengers, three from Guatemala and one from Honduras, were also passengers inside the 2011 Infiniti G37 that Galarza was driving.
Special Traffic Investigators say Border Patrol agents started pursuing Galarza's car after they saw several people run from the border wall into the car. The car turned onto Paisano, made a U-turn, then drove west. Officials say Galarza failed to negotiate a curve and crashed into a curb then a light pole. The Infiniti G37 then flipped. Iquic-Sequen and Lopez died at the scene. The other occupants were rushed to the hospital.
Update: The El Paso Fire Department responded to crash along W. Paisano and Executive Center Blvd. just after 5:54 p.m. They assessed and took five patients with injuries to area hospitals.
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) - Special Traffic Investigations unit is at the scene of a rollover crash in West El Paso.
The crash happened about 5:50 p.m. along Paisano and Executive Center Blvd.
According to police there are two confirmed deaths as a result of the crash.
