Man Arrested at Border in Connection With San Ysidro Stabbing Death
SAN YSIDRO, Calif.—A man was taken into custody for allegedly stabbing a 42-year-old man to death near a San Ysidro gas station earlier this week, authorities said March 11.
Officers arrested Hector Alcantara, 32, of San Diego at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the San Ysidro Point of Entry pedestrian gate, at 720 E. San Ysidro Boulevard, according to a San Diego Police Department (SDPD) news release.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials told SDPD detectives that Alcantara had been detained, police said. He was being sought in connection with the death of Manuel Omar Rico Arellano of Mexico.
Alcantara was booked into the San Diego County Jail on suspicion of murder, police said….