PETER J. HERRERA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS TARGETED RESPONSE UNIT ARREST – MARTINEZ, ERIKA

September 28, 2023

El Paso, Texas – UPDATE - On September 22, 2023, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Targeted Response Unit (CITRU) Deputies from the Peter John Herrera Patrol Station made contact with Erika Martinez at her residence and were taken into custody. Martinez was subsequently booked in the El Paso County Jail with no further incident.

EL PASO, TEXAS - On September 21, 2023, CITRU Deputies from the Peter John Herrera Patrol Station obtained warrants for Martinez for two counts of smuggling of persons with a bond of $10,000.00 each.

EL PASO, TEXAS - On September 15, 2023, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Deputies from the Peter John Herrera Patrol Station and Criminal Investigations Targeted Response Unit (CITRU) received information on a burglary of habitation that had just occurred on the 1500 block of Blackfoot in El Paso County Texas. CITRU and Patrol deputies contacted the residence, reviewed home surveillance footage, and determined the location of the two subjects. After further review of home surveillance, Deputies were able to identify a third subject, identified as 22-year-old Martinez, Erika. Deputies interviewed two subjects who were Honduran citizens. Erika was detained and released later that day, pending further investigation.