The illegal immigrant accused of killing Harris County Constable Charles Galloway with a rifle on Sunday was arrested by Mexican police and U.S. Marshals after he was found hiding in the border town of Ciudad Acuña.
The New York Post reported that Oscar Rosales, 51, has been a fugitive in Texas for 25 years and is wanted for murder in El Salvador. Mexican police handed Rosales over to the United States after being caught. Rosales has been charged with capital murder for allegedly shooting Galloway through the windshield of his squad car during a Houston traffic stop early Sunday morning.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Constable Ted Heap and the men & women of the Precinct 5 Constable’s office on the senseless loss of one of their finest this morning during a traffic stop.
— Mark Herman, Harris County Constable Precinct 4 (@Pct4Constable) January 23, 2022
We will continue to pray for Precinct 5 and the family of the fallen Deputy. pic.twitter.com/cOC2pAHKx3
SUSPECTED COP MURDERER BACK IN HOUSTON!
— Mark Herman, Harris County Constable Precinct 4 (@Pct4Constable) January 27, 2022
Murder suspect, Oscar Rosales is back in Houston after being captured by US Marshals in Mexico.
Constable Deputies were there when he arrived at Hooks Airport and are now escorting him to jail. pic.twitter.com/eVgCkppO2U
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed to Fox News Rosales is not a U.S. citizen and was in the country illegally.
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg declined to comment on Rosales immigration status but said the Honduran, Guatemalan, and El Salvadorian governments had been notified of his capture.
“He was arrested for aggravated assault with a knife back in 1995,” she said. Rosales pled guilty and was given probation, which Ogg said he promptly jumped.
“He absconded and literally evaded detection and capture by law enforcement on that open warrant for 25 years,” she said.