A Mexican fugitive wanted in connection with the 2014 abduction of 43 Mexican college students has been turned over to Mexican authorities.
Alejandro Tenescalco-Mejia, 41, of Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico, was handed over Jan. 18 by Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) El Paso officers to Mexican authorities at the Santa Teresa Port of Entry, a news release said.
“ERO made good on its promise to protect the American people by removing a suspected violent criminal back to his home country,” said ERO El Paso Field Office director Mary De Anda in the release. “The ongoing cooperation between ICE and our Mexican counterparts resulted in holding another fugitive accountable for his actions, highlighting the critical public safety role ERO plays in the community.”
Tenescalco-Mejia entered the United States Dec. 14, 2022, “by climbing over the border wall near the Santa Teresa Port of Entry,” the news release said. He was detained at the El Paso Processing Center after immigration officials arrested him until he was removed Jan. 18, according to the release.
Tenescalco-Mejia is among several people wanted in the case of 43 male students from a rural teachers’ college in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, Mexico, who went missing Sept. 26, 2014, while traveling by bus, the release said.
