Federal agents acting on a tip intercepted a bus in Texas in what they pretended was a search for illegal aliens and arrested a man who shot to death his ex-wife in front of a TV camera.
Emilio Nunez, 34, reached for a gun Wednesday after being ordered off the Los Angeles-bound bus with the other passengers but was overpowered, authorities said. He was jailed for eventual return to Florida, where he faces murder charges.Nunez shot his wife in the head 12 times at close range Monday when she showed up at a North Lauderdale cemetery while he was being interviewed for a TV program. Nunez was there to visit the grave of his teenage daughter, whose suicide he blamed on his former wife.
He fled after the slaying, which was captured on videotape and shown on network television.
Authorities said they received an anonymous tip on Tuesday that led them to the Greyhound bus. FBI and Border Patrol agents and deputy sheriffs stopped the bus in Fort Stockton, Texas, simulating a routine check for illegal aliens.
"Everyone exited from the bus. A struggle ensued. He went for his weapon that was in his pouch, and he was restrained," North Lauderdale police Lt. Lou Cavallo said.
A 9mm pistol taken from Nunez was believed to be the one he used to kill his former wife, investigators said.