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But first, were going to go live to texas where fox is. Griff jenkins is standing by. Griff, what can you tell us tonight . Hey, laura , good evening. I can tell you there is a sigh of relief in a lot of Pride Running through Border Patrol agents from coast to coast because oropesa was brought into custody by Bortac Agents. They are the elite units of. The Border Patrol. Theyre a unit hav based out ofl paso, but they have agents all over the place. Weector, i in the rgv sector, In Brownsville, about five hours soute clh of where cleveland, texas, where the murders happened and they werencerne concerned that oropesa initially was trying to get back to mexico. Obviously, having been deported some four or five times, being mexican nationals illegally present in the u. S. But what woe know about how it went down,n th im getting some details and well find out at the press conference. But what my sources are tellingl me is that about tim 615 local a in texas, they got a tip abouttm a residen
the address that we have, where this arrest took place tonight, is within ten miles of this scene here, where the murders took place, four nights ago. francisco oropesa has been booked into the montgomery county jail, which is the neighboring county where we are. he is being held tonight on a 5 million-dollar bond. law enforcement sources telling our josh campbell, he was found in a home there, hiding in a closet. we are expecting law enforcement officers they are just now starting to gather. we will talk here as they start to make their way to the press conference here that is expected to begin any second. hopefully, get more details as to when this could happen, let s listen in to, this is the public information officer for the fbi. he s helping out the photographers here at the scene, the fbi special agent in charge the county sheriff is also over there in the wings. they ll be making their way over here shortly. this is a man hunt that has had more than 250 officers combi
standing by. i can tell you, there s a sigh of relief and lot of pride running through border patrol agents from coast-to-coast. they have agents all over the place. we re in the rgv sector, i m in brownsville, five hours south where cleveland, texas, where the murders happened. they were concerned that oropeza was trying to get back to mexico. what we know how about how it went down, i m getting details. we ll find out in the press conference. what my sources telling me, about 6:15 local time in texas, they got a tip about a resident in conroe, texas. you mentioned about 25 miles west of cleveland where the murders happened. by 6:30 local, they arrived at the resident, were given consent to search the resident, which is in this video that you seen here. about five minutes later, they exited the resident with oropeza in custody. tonight there s a lot of pride. they are really proud in they are happy that it was their guys to save the day. i should give you a background if y
but first, we re going to go live to texas where fox is . griff jenkins is standing by . griff, what can you tell us tonight? hey, laura , good evening. i can tell you there is a sigh of relief in a lot of pride running through border patrol agents from coast to coast because oropesa was brought into custody by bortac agents. they are the elite units of. the border patrol. they re a unit hav based out ofl paso, but they have agents all over the place. weector, i in the rgv sector, in brownsville, about five hours soute clh of where cleveland, texas, where the murders happened and they werencerne concerned that oropesa initially was trying to get back to mexico. obviously, having been deported some four or five times, being mexican nationals illegally present in the u.s. but what woe know about how it went down,n th i m getting some details and we ll find out at the press conference. but what my sources are tellingl me is that about tim 615 local a in texas, they got a tip a