ALPINE, Texas (KOSA) – A man who had been on the DPS Top 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender List has been captured near the U.S.-Mexico border.
The U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, working with several federal and state agencies, apprehended Salomon Olivas Marquez on Sept. 2 in Ruidosa.
Marquez was wanted on a warrant issued by the Ector County Sheriff’s Office in March 2022, for failing to comply with sex offender registration requirements with a previous conviction.
His criminal history dates back to 2002, when he was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child following an incident involving a 6-year-old girl.
He was sentenced to five years in prison and was given a lifetime requirement to register as a sex offender.
In 2010, Marquez was convicted of failing to comply with sex offender registration requirements.
He was sentenced to three years in prison and three years of probation.
DPS added Marquez to its Texas Top 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender List on Jan. 3, 2023.
He was considered armed and dangerous.
The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force’s Midland and Alpine divisions made the arrest with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations and the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Marquez was booked into the Presidio County Jail and is awaiting extradition to Ector County.
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