Traffic stop in Odessa leads to the arrest of El Salvador murder suspect [Video]

ODESSA, Texas — An El Salvador murder suspect was caught in Odessa Thursday morning, according to Corporal Steve LeSueur with the Odessa Police Department (OPD).

At approximately 12:30 a.m., OPD Sergeant Jaime Aguirre saw someone driving a white Chevrolet Kodiak towing a trailer near Yukon and Dixie. Aguirre did a computer check on the vehicle and found it to have an expired registration.

The sergeant conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and the driver was identified as 37-year-old Jesus Alberto Villegas Monteagudo.

According to LeSueur, a Texas Criminal Information Center check found Monteagudo to have an Interpol warrant out of El Salvador for murder.

LeSueur said based on the facts and circumstances presented during the investigation, Monteagudo was arrested for being a fugitive from justice and …