U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Columbus Port of Entry nabbed a man, who was wanted in Phoenix on a charge for sexual abuse of a minor. The apprehension was one of a dozen NCIC wanted people CBP officers at El Paso area ports encountered this weekend.
The apprehension was made at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Friday, when 56-year-old Petronio Rivera Rodriguez entered the port from El Paso. CBP officers queried his Legal Permanent Resident card as part of their inspection and received a notification that he was a wanted subject. CBP officers continued their examination and confirmed the warrant. The warrant had been originally issued in Arizona in October 1998.
Rivera Rodriguez was taken into custody and turned over to Luna County Sheriff’s officers.