U.S. Customs and Border Protection said agents recovered a missing child last week and apprehended a driver wanted for their alleged abduction.
CBP said Border Patrol agents assigned to the Campo Station, east of San Diego, stopped a “suspicious” SUV traveling west on Interstate 8 near Buckman Springs Road, north of Boulder Oaks, at around 9 a.m. Wednesday. The SUV was driven by a 36-year-old woman, and an adult woman and a 6-year-old child were in the vehicle with her.
Agents confirmed the identities of the SUV’s occupants, and learned there was an active warrant against the driver. The warrant was issued by the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office in Texas for interference with child custody, involving the 6-year-old passenger.
After transporting the driver and child to a local Border Patrol station, agents contacted the U.S. Marshals Service, which later took custody of the driver. The child, meanwhile, was placed in the custody of Child Protective Services until she could be reunited with her family.
“This is yet another example of how agents’ vigilance serves our communities and nation,” San Diego Sector Chief Patrol Agent Patricia McGurk-Daniel said in a statement. “In this case, as they often do, agents went beyond their traditional border security duties to reunite a missing child with their family.”
