EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A woman wanted on charges including collision involving death and driving while intoxicated with a child under 15 has been located in Mexico and returned to El Paso, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.
The Sheriff’s Office said 29-year-old Melanie Christine Cuellar was located in Mexico through an investigation involving the Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Apprehension Unit, U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, Maverick County Sheriff’s Office and El Paso District Attorney’s Office.
Cuellar was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service and transported to the Eagle Pass Port of Entry, where Maverick County deputies took custody of her.
She was later transported to El Paso and booked into the El Paso County Downtown Detention Facility.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, bond was set at $150,000 for the collision involving death charge. Cuellar is being held without bond on the charge of driving while intoxicated with a child under 15.
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