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Fleeing to Mexico does not always work: Foothills murder suspect, ‘Dangerous felon’ both back in U.S. jails

Running off to Mexico not only sounds wholly romantic, but it’s long been an ideal way to evade American law enforcement.

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Usually.

Two men found out otherwise in two unrelated incidents that landed them both back in Arizona detention facilities.

One was a U.S. citizen, found hiding out in Sonora, wanted for murder in a Catalina Foothills neighborhood earlier this year.

The other was an illegal alien trying to slip south of the border by attempting to outrun U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers.

Murder suspect

Hector Ernesto Estrada/submitted photo

U.S. citizen Hector Ernesto Estrada, 33, who had a warrant out for his arrest following the April 8 homicide of 30-year-old Michael Estrada Rodriguez, was arrested in Mexico Oct. 14, according to a news release from the U.S. Marshals Service.

Rodriguez was found shot several times and left to die in a parking lot in the 270 block of East Camino Lomas, southwest of North First Avenue and Orange Grove Road, according to the initial news release from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.

One of the homicide suspects, Raymond Negrete, 31, was arrested April 27 and charged with first-degree murder. But Estrada was nowhere to be found.

In May, the sheriff’s department asked U.S. marshals to help find Estrada. The marshals, in turn, asked Mexican authorities to help last week once marshals discovered Estrada was hiding out in Nogales, Sonora.

Investigators from the Sonora State Investigative Police (PEI) located and arrested Estrada, turning him over to marshals at the DeConcini Port of Entry to await extradition to Pima County.

Estrada now sits in Pima County Jail, charged with first-degree murder and held without bond.

“Dangerous felon”

Another man trying to flee to Mexico, a 42-year-old illegal alien with a laundry list of U.S. crimes, was nabbed trying to sneak back into his home country Oct. 12, according to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The man, whose identity was not disclosed, was busted by CBP officers at the Douglas Port of Entry.

“The officers noticed the man who was suspiciously walking south toward Mexico in the pedestrian lane and stopped him for further interview,” the release said. “The man avoided the officers and attempted to run south into Mexico.”

He didn’t get very far.

Further investigation revealed the guy had been not only working in the U.S. as a marijuana mule, but he had several previous felony arrests. His past charges included battery with serious bodily injury, carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle, carrying a loaded firearm in public, transport/selling of contraband, possession of rock cocaine for sale, robbery in the first degree, infliction of corporal injury to a spouse – just to name a few.

This guy went to the Florence Detention Facility to await his appearance before a federal magistrate.

So much for these two evading law enforcement – but perhaps they still have a chance for romance.

[tnipoll]

What do you think?

Are you glad when criminals are found and brought back to U.S. or are our jails too packed already?

Where would you flee to if you were fleeing a crime?

Would you attempt to outrun officers at the border?

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Sex tours, romps and videos – starring children: What our gov't is doing about it

Sex with elementary school kids – or younger – kiddie porn, and booking child sex tours to Mexico have to be some of the sickest crimes out there.

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Just ask Kristofer Kevin Christoferson, 49, who was sentenced Tuesday to a decade in prison after pleading guilty to charges that included travel with intent to engage in sexual activity with a minor, according to a news release from the District of Arizona’s Office of the U.S. Attorney.

The minors Christoferson requested for these sexual encounters were girls aged 5 to 9.

This Brownsville, Texas, guy set up a two-day children’s sex tour in Mexico over the Internet in 2007. Christoferson trekked from Texas to Tucson to embark on his sickly little journey – only to be arrested by ICE agents, one of whom had been undercover posing on the Internet as tour coordinator.

Christoferson also pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, “substantial” amounts of which were found in his home. Authorities searched his home and computer with a search warrant obtained after Christoferson ordered child pornography films by mail through another undercover operation.

In addition to the 10 years in prison, Christoferson’s sentence includes “supervised release for the remainder of his life with a number of stringent sex offender conditions, including the condition that he register as a sex offender.”

Christoferson may also get the pleasure of a cell near Tucsonan Albert Thomas Rogers, 52, a former superintendent with the Tanque Verde Unified School District, who is serving out his 100 months in prison for similar charges.

Rather than young girls, however, Rogers requested for his Mexico sex tour a 13 to 14-year-old boy.

He, too, was busted by an undercover operation by an ICE agent posing as the van driver that was supposed to take him from Yuma to Mexico.

Now that we’re all sick to our stomachs, there is a positive side to these horror stories – at least the sexual predators are getting busted.

In fact, the U.S. Marshals Service recently launched a nationwide operation focused on nabbing sex offenders, particularly the “top 500 most dangerous, non-compliant sex offenders,” according to another U.S. Attorney’s Office news release.

“Additionally, the department will create a national database to allow federal, state, tribal, local and international law enforcement partners to collaborate and avoid duplication of efforts, engage in undercover operations, share information and intelligence and conduct analysis on dangerous offenders and future threats and trends,” the release noted.

It’s already working. Since March, at least 32 defendants accused of sexual offenses have been charged, convicted, or sentenced in Arizona.

Cases handled by Arizona’s U.S. Attorney’s Office include:

* Tyler A. Townley, 30, a fifth-grade teacher at Sun Canyon Elementary School in Phoenix, arrested May 6 on charges of receipt and possession of child pornography in interstate and foreign commerce for images and video files of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

* Deewayne Bowdin, 53, of Wilcox, pleaded guilty to seven counts of child porn possession with more than 15,600 images and 62 movies of kids in sexually explicit conduct. He received 60 months in prison and other conditions.

* Kevin Deawne Martin, 40, of Tucson, sentenced to 180 months in prison for possession as well as transportation and shipping of child pornography, with more than 200 images and kiddie porn videos he shared over the Internet.

* Dwayne Warren Bogan, a.k.a. “King Flavor,” 47, of Las Vegas, Nev., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Phoenix for numerous sex trafficking violations for allegedly recruiting, harboring and forcing a girl he knew, under age 18, into prostitution. His trial is Oct. 5. His max could be a life sentence.

* Child Sex Crimes in Indian Country: A special focus of the operation is sexual offenses on reservations. Since March, the U.S. Attorney’s Office has charged, convicted or sentenced 14 cases involving the sexual abuse and/or aggravated sexual abuse of minors in Indian Country.

“The department also created 38 additional Assistant U.S. Attorney positions devoted to child exploitation cases,” the release noted, “and over the coming months will work to fill the vacancies and train the new assistants in this specialized area.”

Need a job? Got a shotgun?

Project Safe Childhood (PSC) is another strategy in place, one that targets individuals who exploit children via the Internet and helps identify and rescue victims.

Since Project Safe Childhood was implemented in 2006, the Department of Justice has filed more than PSC 8,464 cases against 8,637 defendants.

That’s a heck of a lot of sexual predators. Worse yet, that’s a heck of a lot of victimized kids.

[tnipoll]

The U.S. Attorney’s Office, through Project Safe Childhood prosecutions, and working with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies and educators, is continually engaged in efforts to educate and prevent child sexual exploitation. To help or receive more information, contact Project Safe Childhood Coordinator Carin Duryee in Tucson at 620-7300.

What do you think?

Are there any effective tools to prevent future sex offenses or deter repeat offenders?

Is the government doing enough to stop these crimes? What else could be done?


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Escaped prisoner duo update: 'Bonnie and Clyde' photo gallery: Welch with a mullet, McCluskey tattoos

The U.S. Marshals Service released several additional photos of our escaped prisoner John McCluskey, 45, and his alleged accomplice, fiancée-cousin Casslyn Welch, 44. The agency has also promised daily updates on the duo, which I shall only post if there are any major developments.

The only new info as of the morning of Aug. 16 is the fine array of photos of the rampantly running duo dubbed “Bonnie and Clyde.”

The pictures could not only help with identification purposes if we happen to encounter them at the neighborhood Circle K, but they also give us a glimpse of McCluskey’s missing teeth and tattoos as well as how Welch looks with a mullet. [Read more…] about Escaped prisoner duo update: 'Bonnie and Clyde' photo gallery: Welch with a mullet, McCluskey tattoos

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Two killers on loose from Arizona prison, helped by fiancée – UPDATE: ONE CAUGHT in Yellowstone

Original post appears directly below, one update below WANTED posters – another update 8/10 CLICK HERE.

As if Arizona doesn’t have enough headaches, we now have two convicted murderers on the loose, along with a devoted fiancée who allegedly help set them free, according to Wanted posters issued by the U.S. Department of Justice. [Read more…] about Two killers on loose from Arizona prison, helped by fiancée – UPDATE: ONE CAUGHT in Yellowstone

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