CCSO: Man wanted for sexual abuse of a child surrenders after 4 years

SAN BENITO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Cameron County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man who has been on the run for four years after he was accused of sexual abuse of a child.

After a child made an outcry about the abuse in 2020, warrants were secured for Armando Alvarado, 55, for charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child, indecency with a child, continuous sexual abuse of a young child and online solicitation of a minor.

At the time, Investigators heard that Alvarado had fled to Mexico.

More recently, deputies received a tip about Alvarado being in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Investigators had been negotiating a time and place for Alvarado to surrender since Monday.

^{Armando Alvarado, 55, was wanted by the Cameron County Sheriff's Office for aggravated sexual assault of a child, indecency with a child, continuous sexual abuse of a young child and online solicitation of a minor. (Source: Cameron County Jail Records)}

On Wednesday, July 31, 2024, Alvarado agreed to turn himself in to Cameron County Sheriff Investigators at the Gateway Port of Entry in Brownsville.

He was taken into custody by Cameron County Sheriff Investigators and US Customs Agents at the Port of Entry.

Background

On February 21, 2020, deputies responded to a residence in San Benito in reference to a past aggravated sexual assault of a child.

Deputies made contact with the child’s mother who stated her daughter had made an allegation of sexual assault against Alvarado.

Cameron County Sheriff's Investigators collected enough evidence, at the time, to support the allegations brought against Alvarado by the minor.

Four years after making her outcry, the child’s alleged attacker is now behind bars.

Alvarado was processed and transported to the Cameron County Jail where he is pending arraignment.