Officers from the Jalisco Prosecutor’s Office, with the assistance of Interpol, detained Iris Iliana Rodríguez-Dávila, one of the ten most wanted fugitives in Texas, in the Jalisco town of Jalostotitlán.
According to the Texas Department of Public Security, Rodríguez was wanted by authorities for having had “improper contact with a juvenile victim on multiple occasions.” Warrants for Rodríguez’s arrest were issued in 2015 for indecency with a child, unlawful restraint and harassment. Since then, additional warrants have been issued, including sexual contact with a child and flight to avoid arrest. The Texas agency said the initial contact with the victim was “believed to have occurred while she was working as a counselor for a CAPS (Child, Adolescent and Parent Services) program in Laredo. She later became employed at the Border Region Behavioral Health Center in Laredo as a CAPS Counselor, which allowed her to visit the victim at school under the pretext of offering guidance and support for the child’s behavioral issues.”
A reward of $US5,000 had been offered for information leading to Rodríguez’s location and arrest. It was not revealed if this sum had been paid out.
After making the arrest, the Jalisco Prosecutor’s Office said Rodríguez was sought by U.S. authorities after depriving a 12-year-old student of her freedom between 2014 and 2015 in Webb County, Texas.