MIDLAND-ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) – A joint law enforcement operation led by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Texas Anti-Gang Center-Permian Basin (TAG) resulted in the arrests of 32 wanted suspects in the Midland-Odessa area during a four-day fugitive roundup.
According to the release by the U.S. Marshals Service, Operation Dust Bowl took place June 29 through July 2.
Authorities said the operation targeted fugitives living or working in the Midland-Odessa area.
Those arrested were wanted on charges including parole violations, aggravated assault, burglary, murder, kidnapping, failure to register as a sex offender and drug offenses.
According to the U.S. Marshals Service, officers also seized two guns during the operation.
Two people were turned over to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Enforcement and Removal Operations for immigration processing.
Some suspects also face new criminal charges, including possession of a firearm by a felon and failure to register as a sex offender.
Among those arrested were:
Jesse Adcock, 40 — Texas parole violation: aggravated assault with a deadly weapon Emilio Alvarez, 39 — Texas parole violation: possession of amphetamine Manuel Alvarez, 29 — Texas parole violation: aggravated assault 
‘We will find you’: U.S. Marshals, TAG arrest 32 fugitives in Midland-Odessa operation(Midland County Sheriff’s Office)Lesly Amber, 36 — Federal supervised release violation: possession of dangerous drugs 
‘We will find you’: U.S. Marshals, TAG arrest 32 fugitives in Midland-Odessa operation(Midland County Sheriff’s Office)Melvin Becenti, 34 — Murder and tampering with physical evidence 
‘We will find you’: U.S. Marshals, TAG arrest 32 fugitives in Midland-Odessa operation(Midland County Sheriff’s Office)Michael Beseri, 43 — Texas parole violation: kidnapping and evading arrest Daniel Borrego, 50 — Failure to register as a sex offender Waynie Braziel, 23 — Aggravated assault 
‘We will find you’: U.S. Marshals, TAG arrest 32 fugitives in Midland-Odessa operation(Midland County Sheriff’s Office)Christian Bueno, 25 — Texas parole violation: aggravated assault Michael Burton, 72 — Possession of heroin and methamphetamine, along with federal drug charges 
‘We will find you’: U.S. Marshals, TAG arrest 32 fugitives in Midland-Odessa operation(Midland County Sheriff’s Office)Marcus Butler, 74 — Texas parole violation: aggravated assault Robert Campbell, 45 — Texas parole violation: aggravated assault Yudira Chavez, 38 — Texas parole violation: burglary of a habitation Roberto Contreras, 28 — Federal supervised release violation: felon in possession of a firearm Luis Espinoza-Galindo, 28 — Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon 
‘We will find you’: U.S. Marshals, TAG arrest 32 fugitives in Midland-Odessa operation(Midland County Sheriff’s Office)Roberto Gonzalez, 60 — Texas parole violation: burglary of a habitation and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon Jose Hernandez, 26 — Texas parole violation: aggravated assault with a deadly weapon Edmundo Marquez, 44 — Texas parole violation: felony DWI Cynthia Martinez, 59 — Texas parole violation: possession of amphetamines 
‘We will find you’: U.S. Marshals, TAG arrest 32 fugitives in Midland-Odessa operation(Midland County Sheriff’s Office)Aaron McKinney, 34 — Texas parole violation: possession of amphetamines 
‘We will find you’: U.S. Marshals, TAG arrest 32 fugitives in Midland-Odessa operation(Midland County Sheriff’s Office)Daniel Melendez, 60 — Texas parole violation: burglary of a habitation 
‘We will find you’: U.S. Marshals, TAG arrest 32 fugitives in Midland-Odessa operation(Midland County Sheriff’s Office)Jesus Morquecho-Garcia, 43 — Assault-family violence Ruben Perez-Garcia, 79 — Texas parole violation: burglary of a habitation Aaron Reynolds, 60 — Texas parole violation: burglary of a habitation, stalking and threats to law enforcement Jeffery Roberson, 59 — Texas parole violation: possession of dangerous drugs 
‘We will find you’: U.S. Marshals, TAG arrest 32 fugitives in Midland-Odessa operation(Midland County Sheriff’s Office)Pedro Rubio, 41 — Manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance and felon in possession of a firearm 
‘We will find you’: U.S. Marshals, TAG arrest 32 fugitives in Midland-Odessa operation(Midland County Sheriff’s Office)Rogelio Valenzuela, 37 — Aggravated assault by choking-family violence 
‘We will find you’: U.S. Marshals, TAG arrest 32 fugitives in Midland-Odessa operation(Midland County Sheriff’s Office)Desmond Wash, 31 — Federal supervised release violation: possession of a weapon 
‘We will find you’: U.S. Marshals, TAG arrest 32 fugitives in Midland-Odessa operation(Midland County Sheriff’s Office)Troy Watson, 65 — Texas parole violation: aggravated assault 
‘We will find you’: U.S. Marshals, TAG arrest 32 fugitives in Midland-Odessa operation(Midland County Sheriff’s Office)Terry Wayne, 63 — Texas parole violation: possession of dangerous drugs Brian Weeks, 53 — Failure to register as a sex offender 
‘We will find you’: U.S. Marshals, TAG arrest 32 fugitives in Midland-Odessa operation(Midland County Sheriff’s Office)Tinley Young, 21 — Kidnapping case involving a missing child recovered in Conway County, Arkansas
“The United States Marshals Service is committed to working with our federal, state and local law enforcement partners to locate and apprehend violent fugitives,” said Susan Pamerleau, U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Texas. “Our message to fugitives from justice is: We will find you.”
Agencies participating in the operation included:
U.S. Marshals ServiceTexas Board of Criminal Justice Office of Inspector GeneralTexas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division, Homeland Security InvestigationsHomeland Security Enforcement and Removal OperationsHomeland Security Air and Marine OperationsMidland and Ector county sheriff’s officesMidland Police DepartmentMidland Fire Department Fire Marshal’s OfficeFBI Texas Anti-Gang Center-Permian Basin
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