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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Border officials nabbed the suspect in a southern New Mexico homicide as he tried to cross the border from Mexico Wednesday evening.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Roger Maier said an officer recognized Jesus Jose Lopez, 35, at the Columbus port of entry.
He said Lopez had no identifying documents and was taken into custody without incident.
Lopez is charged with an open count of murder in the April 9 death of 39-year-old Gustavo Tijerina in Columbus.
“The vigilance and attention to detail demonstrated by the CBP officer prevented this person from gaining entry,” CBP Columbus Port Director Tony Hall said in a statement.
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Nearly 200 pounds of illegal Mexican bologna was confiscated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the New Mexico/Mexico border, the agency confirmed in a release.
Agents with the Office of Field Operations Agriculture Specialists found 22 rolls of bologna (194 pounds) in the truck of a Nissan Rogue at the Columbus, N.M. port of entry and fined the driver, a 49-year-old from Albuquerque, $500. Some of the bologna was also found in the driver’s luggage. Contraband bologna found in a car at the border.