A female illegal alien wanted for murder in Mexico was arrested after being located in Texas over the weekend, according to reports.
A suspect identified as 21-year-old Leo Acosta Sanchez was taken into custody on Friday in Splendora, TX.
Department of Homeland Security assisted local police after officers encountered Sanchez behind the wheel of a vehicle and discovered she was wanted by INTERPOL.
“The suspect, who had been illegally residing in our state and country, was known to travel between the City and her residence in Terrenos,” Splendora Police explained in a statement.
While U.S. officials have released very little information about the circumstances surrounding Sanchez’s arrest, the Mexican press has indicated she is wanted in connection with the murder of her boyfriend last year in the state of Veracruz.
Fidel González, 27, was shot dead at his home in the town of Yanga on August 14, 2023.
Authorities believe González was killed by his best friend Victor Lara amid a love triangle dispute involving Sanchez, TV Azteca reports.
Footage captured at the time of the murder by a surveillance camera mounted outside González’s home has been circulating on social media since last year.
Revelan asesinato de Fidel González, de 27 años, a manos de uno de sus amigos, presuntamente con quien lo engañaba su novia, el pasado 14 de agosto en la colonia La Cancha, del municipio de Yanga, en Veracruz.
ADVERTENCIA: CONTENIDO SENSIBLE. SE RECOMIENDA DISCRECIÓN. pic.twitter.com/VBvyS6Ylab
— MÉXICO AL MINUTO (@mexico_alminuto) August 24, 2023
Shortly after the shooting, internet sleuths reported spotting Sanchez — known locally as Michel, which may be a middle name — at an airport in Mexico on her way to Texas, but she was not apprehended by authorities in either country at the time.
Cayó la espectacular Michel Acosta. La autora intelectual del homicidio del imbécil Fidel González se encontraba a salta de mata en Texas y se prostituía en Amarillo. Fue detenida en un control vehicular de rutina en Splendora.
«Fue espléndido» afirmó el sheriff del condado. pic.twitter.com/RZIaUxPdz8
— Santo Niño (@Huelemeltrozo) May 28, 2024
Many Facebook users who have commented on Splendora Police’s post about the arrest have referenced the killing of Fidel González, with some even claiming the primary suspect in the murder — who remains on the loose — is living in the same community of Terrenos where Sanchez was known to reside.
Terrenos is a collection of subdivisions that comprise Colony Ridge, a massive development where approximately 75,000 mostly-illegal immigrants live near Houston, according to Todd Bensman of the Center for Immigration Studies, who has reported extensively on the notorious ‘colonia.’
Another bad apple removed – by lucky happenstance – from America’s largest colonia of 75,000 mostly illegal immigrants, the infamous Colony Ridge in East Texas… https://t.co/6WuMhsixDJ
— Todd Bensman (@BensmanTodd) May 29, 2024
Authorities continue to catch dangerous foreign criminals illegally present in the U.S.
