Manhunt captures five illegals

Five illegal aliens were captured after they fled from a routine traffic stop in Donley County this past weekend.

Sheriff Butch Blackburn said a Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper attempted to pull a vehicle on US 287 west of Clarendon over late Saturday, but the vehicle fled north on County Road 8.

At the end of the county road, the driver and an undetermined number of occupants exited the vehicle and ran. Local law enforcement, a DPS helicopter, and search dogs from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice were brought in to search for the men.

The dogs caught four subjects north of the end of County Road 7 later that night about half a mile north of the Jiggs Mann residence.

Authorities then determined there were five subjects, one of whom was still on the loose. The search dogs stayed on his trail for about 1½ miles. The fifth subject was captured the next day after noon. Blackburn said the man had walked across rough country to Boydston Road near Interstate 40.

All five men were in the United States illegally from Honduras. Four were turned over to the US Border Patrol, and one, the driver, was charged with a felony for Evading in a Vehicle and a Class B misdemeanor for having fictitious license plates.

Jesus Serrano-Perez, age 35, remained in the Donley County Jail Tuesday morning awaiting arraignment. The man has a criminal history in this country.

Assisting in the manhunt were the Donley County Sheriff’s Office, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, the Donley County Constable, and the DPS.