Man involved in viral traffic stop in Rochester identified and arrested
NOTE: This report has been edited to correct the name of the man arrested. Court documents refer to him as “Wilson Oswaldo Galvan-Lopez.”
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Federal investigators have provided new details about a controversial traffic stop that happened on Whitney Street in Rochester. The stop involved Homeland Security, Border Patrol, and Rochester police.
Wilson Oswaldo Galvan-Lopez, 25, from Guatemala, has been charged with illegal reentry, said the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York. Galvan-Lopez had been previously deported.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Testani, Homeland Security investigators were monitoring a home on Orange Street when they observed Galvan-Lopez exit and enter a truck. This led to the traffic stop captured in the video and the arrest of Galvan-Lope and two others.
Officials said the other two individuals arrested have “no immigration status,” but their identities have not been disclosed.
Galvan-Lopez appeared in court Wednesday and remains in federal custody.
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