Juan Carlos Eguino Orduno (Courtesy U.S. Border Patro)
U.S. Border Patrol agents stopped a convicted murderer trying to illegally enter the United States on a snowy Thursday in El Paso. Officials said agents arrested Juan Carlos Eguino Orduno, 40, during a failed attempt to cross the border near Downtown El Paso. An identification system check found that Eguino had served time in prison after being convicted of two counts of second-degree murder in Santa Fe, officials said. In a separate case Thursday, Border Patrol agents seized 25 pounds of methamphetamine found hidden in a vehicle stopped at the Interstate 10 checkpoint near Las Cruces, officials said. The vehicle's driver was arrested. The driver's name was not released.