A sex offender from Buda was arrested in Mexico on Wednesday night after fleeing the country, according to a news release from the U.S. Marshals Service.
Dustin Paul McFall, 38, had fled the country to avoid arrest for failing to register as a sex offender in Hays County, the news release said.
He was apprehended by law officials in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, at about 7:15 p.m. and was turned over to Mexican immigration authorities who returned him to the United States and left him in the custody of the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force in Laredo.
Based upon local interviews, it was determined McFall fled to Mexico in the previous days after becoming aware of impending warrants related to his lifestime registration requirement. The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force contacted their U.S. Marshals Service counterparts in Laredo as well as immigration officials seeking further investigative assistance. Mexican law enforcement officers established surveillance in a local Nuevo Laredo neighborhood throughout yesterday in an attempt to locate andidentify McFall.
Last night, Mexican authorities detained McFall who quickly admitted to his identity and was turned over to Mexican immigration authorities for further processing. McFall was remanded to the Webb County Detention Center last night pending his return to Hays County.
McFall is under investigation by the U.S. Marshals Service alleging violationof the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act (Adam Walsh Act). The act provides for federal penalties for registered sex offenders who fail to maintain their registration requirements.
This was not the first time McFall had fled to Mexico. In February 2010, he and a 14-year-old runaway drove to the border country after they were accused of breaking into a home in Kyle, according to previously published reports.
McFall and the boy were eventually detained by the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office upon re-entering the U.S. from Mexico. On April 6 2010, McFall was booked into the Hays County Jail on two felony counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact on bonds totaling $60,000, according to police records.
