SAN ANTONIO – A Northeast Texas man on the Texas Department of Public Safety\u2019s 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list is back in custody after investigators located him across the border in Mexico, DPS said.<\/p>\n
Kit Edward Lulow, 42, was found living and hiding out in Nuevo Progreso, Mexico, just over the border from Progreso, Texas, in Hidalgo County, according to DPS. The U.S. Marshals Joint East Texas Fugitive Task Force coordinated his capture, and Lulow was turned over to the Texas Rangers at the Progreso Port of Entry and booked into the Hidalgo County Jail on May 7, 2026. DPS said Criminal Investigations Division special agents from Texarkana also assisted.<\/p>\n
DPS said Texas Crime Stoppers will not pay a reward for Lulow\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n
Lulow was convicted in Oregon in 2008 of rape, sexual abuse, and sodomy following incidents with a 13-year-old girl, DPS said. He was sentenced to 75 months in prison. Between 2014 and 2019, DPS said, Lulow was arrested multiple times in Oregon for violating his parole.<\/p>\n
In February 2026, Lulow was arrested in Marion County, Texas, for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of child pornography, DPS said. He later bonded out of jail, left Texas, and fled into Mexico, according to the agency.<\/p>\n
DPS said Lulow was also wanted out of Cass County since February 2026 for failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements. Additional warrants were issued in April 2026 by the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, for possession of child pornography and possession of a firearm by a felon, DPS said.<\/p>\n
Texas Crime Stoppers, funded by the Governor\u2019s Public Safety Office, offers cash rewards for information leading to the arrest of people on the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives, Sex Offenders, or Criminal Illegal Immigrants lists. DPS said that so far in 2026, DPS and other agencies have arrested 33 people from those lists, including 26 sex offenders and four gang members, with $50,500 in rewards paid for tips that led to arrests.<\/p>\n