A long-serving border agent was arrested by authorities in Laredo who have been hunting down a serial killer terrorizing women in South Texas over the past month.
Juan David Ortiz is a nine-year veteran of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and now-former supervisor there. He’s facing at least four murder convictions after being taken into custody early Saturday morning, according to a press conference held by Webb County Sheriff Martin Cuellar.
Ortiz initially fled from state troopers after being approached, then hid in the parking lot of a Laredo hotel where he was subsequently arrested, the agency said in comments to the media.
According to Webb County District Attorney Isidro Alaniz, authorities were able to hone in on Ortiz after his fifth would-be victim escaped and accused Ortiz of trying to kidnap her. In a statement released to the Associated Press, Alaniz confirmed that all of the women targeted by Ortiz worked as prostitutes.
Speaking to the Laredo Morning Times, Alaniz said:
We have probable cause to believe that he is responsible for this series of murders, which I would qualify as a serial murderer.
After being interrogated, Ortiz confessed to the four-known murders. Additionally, Ortiz confessed to aggravated assault and kidnapping, according to the Webb County Sheriff’s Office. This marks the second homicide investigation in Webb County of an agent serving the Laredo sector of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Two of Ortiz’s admitted victims were discovered alongside Interstate 35 in a rural, northwestern patch of Webb County, according to the Laredo Morning Times. The third and fourth victims were discovered just this weekend in the early morning hours on Saturday and on Saturday afternoon, respectively.
The third woman’s body was discovered roughly around the same time or just after Ortiz had been taken into custody, according to Laredo-based reporter Valerie Gonzalez.
Authorities believe Ortiz acted alone.
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