EAGLE PASS, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry detained a wanted man with an outstanding felony warrant for the sexual assault of a child out of Del Rio, Texas.
“CBP plays an essential role in helping to keep our border communities safe by apprehending those wanted on outstanding warrants for alleged crimes of a heinous nature, such as this particular case involving an alleged sexual offense against a child,” said Port Director Paul Del Rincon, Eagle Pass Port of Entry
port of entry.
The fugitive apprehension occurred on Tuesday, August 3rd at the Camino Real International Bridge I. A CBP officer processing vehicle traffic arriving from Mexico, referred Eduardo Martinez Limon, a 23-year-old male United States citizen, for a secondary inspection. After escorting the passenger to secondary, subsequent biometric verification through law enforcement databases confirmed that the subject had an outstanding felony warrant for the sexual assault of a child pursued by the Texas Department of Public Safety (Texas DPS) out of Del Rio, Texas.
The warrant was confirmed to be active. Martinez Limon was arrested and turned over to Maverick County Sheriff’s Office to await criminal proceedings.
The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) is a centralized automated database designed to share information among law enforcement agencies including outstanding warrants for a wide range of offenses. Based on information from NCIC, CBP officers have made previous arrests of individuals wanted for homicide, escape, money laundering, robbery, narcotics distribution, sexual child abuse, fraud, larceny, and military desertion. Criminal charges are merely allegations. Defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
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