Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents patrolling a remote area arrest an illegal alien wanted for rape.
On the morning of Jan. 23rd, while conducting line watch duties, Border Patrol agents assigned to Camp Desert Grip discovered footprints of 10 individuals crossing the international boundary between the United States and Mexico illegally.
Camp Desert Grip is a Border Patrol forward operating base located in the far southeastern corner of the Yuma sector, in order to detect and deter illegal entries in remote desert areas. After tracking the group for about five miles, agents apprehended 10 individuals 15 miles southwest of Ajo, Ariz., each of whom admitted entering the United States illegally that morning.
All 10 individuals were transported to the nearby Ajo Border Patrol Station for further investigation and processing.
Fingerprint checks identified one member of the group, Florentino Ortiz-Lopez, as having an outstanding warrant for a rape charge out of Indianapolis, Ind. The individual was transported to the Wellton Border Patrol Station and the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office will coordinate his extradition to Indianapolis.