MAN ARRESTED AFTER TRYING TO ELUDE AUTHORITIES FOR 3rd TIME

RELEASE DATE / TIME : 09-02-10 10:55 am

FABENS, TEXAS-  Wednesday night 09-01-10 at 7:34pm, Sheriff’s Deputies arrested an individual who had eluded capture on two previous occasions. The most recent was last Friday 08-27-10 when Deputies went looking for RAUL MARTIN FUENTES (47) wanted for a FELONY PROBATION VIOLATION on an ASSAULT (FAMILY VIOLENCE) charge. On that occasion, as Deputies approached a residence in the 200 block of NW Austin Fabens, TX FUENTES fled out the back door of residence. FUENTES was able to elude capture that night after running down an alleyway hiding from authorities as they closed in.

Wednesday night 09-01-10 at 6:30 PM, Sheriff’s Deputies received information FUENTES had returned to the residence on NW Austin St.  Deputies along with the assistance of U.S. Border Patrol Agents set a perimeter around the home. As Authorities approached, FUENTES was spotted outside the residence trying to bury himself in dirt underneath some nearby bushes. FUENTES who is a confirmed Mexican Mafia Gang Member out of California was taken into custody without incident.

RAUL MARTIN FUENTES (47)

FELONY PROBATION VIOLATION (ASSAULT –FAMV) – **NO BOND**

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office in March of 2001 was the first Sheriff’s Office in the  State of Texas to be Internationally Accredited from CALEA and is now the recipient of the First CALEA Tri-Arc award in Texas (4^th in the Nation) to have accreditations in: Law Enforcement, Communications, Training Academy.