US Customs and Border Safety officers arrest homicide suspect attempting to flee to El Salvador

An American homicide suspect attempting to flee to El Salvador has been taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Safety officers at Washington Dulles Worldwide Airport, officers say. 

Christofer Antonio Argueta Ramirez, 19, of Woodbridge, Va., had “bought a one-way ticket on an El Salvador-bound flight that was departing from Dulles airport round 1:30 a.m.” earlier than he was arrested Sunday, in response to the company. 

“Officers encountered Argueta Ramirez on the departure gate, verified Argueta Ramirez’s identification, took him into custody, and escorted him again to CBP’s inspection station,” it added in a press release. “CBP officers turned Argueta Ramirez over to Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Cops.” 

Argueta Ramirez is certainly one of two suspects in the loss of life of Jose Guerrero, a 20-year-old who vanished in Virginia in late 2022, Inside NoVa reported. 

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Christofer Antonio Argueta Ramirez was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Safety officers on Sunday, Nov. 3, at Washington Dulles Worldwide Airport. (CBP)

Two days after Guerrero’s disappearance, his household discovered his deserted automobile in Woodbridge with blood and indicators of a battle inside, the web site cited police as saying on the time. 

Police say Guerrero and each suspects had organized a drug deal on Dec. 21 of that 12 months, however an altercation ensued, and Guerrero was “stabbed a number of occasions,’ in response to Inside NoVa. 

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Christofer Antonio Argueta Ramirez was arrested at Washington Dulles Worldwide Airport on Sunday, the U.S. Customs and Border Safety says. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)

His physique was then allegedly dumped in Prince George’s County, the place it was present in January 2023, the web site additionally reported. 

Argueta Ramirez was taken into custody at a departure gate at Washington Dulles Worldwide Airport in Virginia. (Smith Assortment/Gado/Getty Pictures)

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“Customs and Border Safety officers encounter all kinds of vacationers arriving to and departing from the USA, together with vacationers wished for allegedly committing significantly heinous offenses,” Marc E. Calixte, the CBP’s Space Port Director for the Space Port of Washington, D.C, mentioned in a press release following Ramirez’s arrest. “CBP continues to work with our regulation enforcement companions to assist seize harmful fugitives and to return them to face justice.”