EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A woman wanted in connection with a deadly pedestrian crash that killed a 77-year-old El Paso grandmother has been arrested, according to the Eagle Pass Police Department.
Officers assigned to the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested 29-year-old Melanie Christine Cuellar on Thursday at U.S. Port of Entry No. 2 in Eagle Pass.
Cuellar was wanted on an active El Paso warrant for a collision involving death and had reportedly fled to Mexico, police said.
She was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Tom Bowles Detention Center, where she will remain pending extradition proceedings.
Cuellar was previously identified by El Paso police in connection with the July 19, 2025 pedestrian crash in the 6800 block of Alameda that killed 77-year-old Maria Lopez.
Police said Lopez was returning to Juárez to shop and visit family when she was struck.
Cuellar has not been convicted of the charge.
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