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California fugitive wanted on sex charges arrested at Canadian border
By: Associated Press - | ∞
SWEETGRASS, Mont. -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the port of entry here apprehended a Mexican national wanted in California on sex charges.
Israel Rosales-Garcia, 33, was held Tuesday after being refused entry into Canada at the adjacent Canadian port of Coutts, Customs and Border Protection said in a news release.
The agency said Rosales-Garcia presented fake identification to U.S. border officers at Sweetgrass, and they determined his true identity through an automated fingerprint identification system.
Rosales-Garcia is wanted by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office in California on charges of kidnapping a child under the age of 14; lewd/lascivious acts with a child under 14; and intercourse with a 16-year-old. Bail was set at $200,000.
Rosales-Garcia has a previous conviction for possession, manufacture and sale of dangerous weapons.
He was traveling with another Mexican national with a criminal record, U.S. officials said. The two told officers they were traveling from Las Vegas to Indianapolis and had become lost, the officials said, adding that the men acknowledged living and working in the U.S. for at least 10 years without authorization.
Border Protection officers placed Rosales-Garcia with the Toole County Sheriff's Department, for eventual transfer to California.
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