Suspect in Border Patrol agent's 2009 slaying arrested in Tijuana
Mexican authorities in Tijuana said Monday they have arrested a man wanted on suspicion of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent in July 2009.
Marcos Manuel Rodriguez Perez, nicknamed “El Virus,” was arrested Monday evening by Tijuana municipal police officers in the eastern part of the city, an agency spokesman said.
Rodriguez, 26, is one of three men suspected of trying to rob Border Patrol Agent Robert W. Rosas while he was on patrol in a remote area east of San Diego. The 30-year-old father of two was shot multiple times after putting up a struggle.
Another suspect, Christian Daniel Castro Alvarez, turned himself in and was sentenced to 40 years in prison last year.
Castro, a teenager at the time of the incident, said the group crossed the border intending to steal the night vision gear and other equipment from Rosas’ vehicle. The men allegedly lured Rosas out of his car by making noises as he drove just north of the border fence near Campo, about 60 miles east of San Diego.
The FBI had been working closely with Mexican authorities to find Rodriguez and a third suspect, who remains at large. A Mexican police source said Rodriguez has already been turned over to U.S. authorities.
An FBI spokesman declined to comment on the arrest, citing the “highly sensitive” nature of the investigation.
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-- Richard Marosi in San Diego
Photo: Marcos Manuel Rodriguez Perez Credit: Tijuana secretary of public security
EDITOR'S PICKS:
What a great mug shot! This 'scum bag' exquisitely reveals through his expression his arrogance and contempt for others. The Virus is about to get his Vitamin C ... corrections with a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
Posted by: DF Tweedie | April 12, 2011 at 12:19 AM
If this person spends the rest of his pathetic life in jail, this still will not be enough for the friends and family of Agent Robert W. Rosas - El Virus is just that, a virus which infects.....maybe keep this waste of fresh air and clean water away from other criminals - so far away it might violate his rights as a human!
Michael
Posted by: Michael Ishoj | April 12, 2011 at 02:35 AM
RIP Border Patrol Agent Robert W. Rosas. Your service and sacrifice to this great nation will never be forgotten. I hope Marcos Manuel Rodriguez Perez gets life without parole or the death penalty. Ataboy to the Mexican Police for a job well done.
Posted by: martino | April 12, 2011 at 03:56 AM
He probably works for the CIA.
Posted by: Patsy | April 12, 2011 at 08:24 AM
THIS IS WHY we NED "AZ Style" Laws!
THIS is why we need to bring troops home from Iraq and PUT THEM ON THE BORDER!
Just look at this vile illegal alien.
I believe you have found the assailant in the Dodger stadium beating
We can just hear Obama and McCain now:
" He was just doing the hard jobs American citizens refuse to do.."
Posted by: ELVISNIXON.com | April 12, 2011 at 08:28 AM
Who let that AK-47 rifle "walk" across the border with full cooperation from the gun dealers filing complaints? The ATF was playing a sick game of letting guns cross illegally, thus the agents who approved the illegal transfers must be put in prison. They broke the law, and did this for months. Lets no try to phatom the blood theses agents have with the dead in Mexico with the rifles they let walk. This isn't the only case.
Posted by: Montana Gold- | April 12, 2011 at 09:37 AM
DF Tweedie on top of the vitamin c I hope he likes a lot of protein in his diet because that is all he will be getting for along time.
Posted by: CHAZ | April 12, 2011 at 03:12 PM
get this 'virus' out of our system with a 100 year in jail shot!
Posted by: victor | April 12, 2011 at 09:07 PM