Calexico Border Patrol Catch Fugitive

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers caught a fugitive wanted for sexual assault in Calexico Friday.

Robert Garcia Ledezma hid in a railcar at the Calexico downtown port of entry east of San Diego on the Mexican border.

“This apprehension highlights the fact that none of our inspections are routine,” Calexico Area Port Director Billy Whitford said in a statement. “Each and every day the men and women of U.S. Customs and Border Protection perform their duties realizing this; our mission is to protect our borders and keep our communities safe.”

Border Protection officers saw Ledezma standing on the side of the incoming commercial railcar.

Ledezma jumped from the train attempting to run across the border crossing after officers with the port’s Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement Team approached him.

He was apprehended and taken to a secure location for questioning.

Officers ran Ledezma’s prints and found out he had no legal right to enter the US and that he was wanted for felony sexual assault in Salinas.

Ledezma was taken into custody and booked into the Imperial County jail awaiting extradition back to Mexico.

Ledezma has been placed on immigration hold, and will be sent back to Mexico at the end of his criminal proceedings in the US.
 

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