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Illegal immigrant wanted for brutal bathtub murder arrested in Texas after crossing southern border again

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Illegal immigrant wanted for brutal bathtub murder arrested in Texas after crossing southern border again

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U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Texas on Monday arrested a wanted Mexican national accused of viciously murdering a woman years after he was deported.

Hernan Perez Juarez, also known as “Patricio Perez,” 41, is charged with murder in connection to the May 8, 2020, killing of a woman who was found dead in her Georgetown, Texas, bathtub with a deep cut in her lower abdomen.

According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Perez Juarez was deported in 2018 for an immigration violation and had no legal status in the U.S.

U.S. Marshals arrest Hernan Perez Juarez. (U.S. Marshals)

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He allegedly reentered the country before the crime, and authorities later found his vehicle abandoned in Laredo, near the international border of Mexico, according to the U.S. Marshals.

In March 2022, the Georgetown Police Department (GPD) obtained an arrest warrant for Perez Juarez, though the case stalled due to his unknown whereabouts.

Hernan Perez Juarez was photographed in 2018 before disappearing. (U.S. Marshals)

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Earlier this month, an Austin-based task force learned Perez Juarez returned to the U.S. illegally, according to the U.S. Marshals. 

He was arrested in Temple, Texas on Monday and taken to the Williamson County Jail awaiting further judicial proceedings.

It is unclear when Perez Juarez allegedly reentered the country. (John Moore/Getty Images)

ICE has filed an immigration detainer on Perez Juarez following the judicial process in Williamson County, according to the U.S. Marshals.

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2 killed in high-speed crash on Mulholland Highway

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