November 8, 2024
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at approximately 9 a.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) initiated a routine traffic stop on a green Honda Civic traveling eastbound on Interstate 40, near the 160-mile marker in North Little Rock.
The vehicle’s passenger fled on foot into a nearby field. Additional Troopers, ASP Air Support, and a K9 unit from the Arkansas Department of Corrections responded to the incident and located the individual approximately one hour later.
The suspect, Elias Avila Bustillo, 42, of El Salvador, is in the United States illegally and is wanted in El Salvador for illegal gang associations. He is the subject of an Interpol Red Notice, which is an international alert for law enforcement worldwide to locate and arrest him.
Troopers transported Bustillo to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office in Little Rock. He remains in the custody of U.S. Homeland Security Investigations.
ASP CAPTURES WANTED EL SALVADORIAN MAN CONNECTED TO VIOLENT SOUTH AMERICAN GANG
ByIL Editor
Nov 8, 2024