Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender Captured in Mexico

A Texas Department of Public Safety 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender who was living in Cass County in East Texas has been captured south of the border and returned to the United States.

Texas DPS Fugitive Captured in Mexico

According to the Texas DPS, 52-year-old Kit Edward Lulow was taken into custody in Nuevo Progreso, Mexico, before being turned over to the Texas Rangers at the Progreso Port of Entry on May 7, 2026.

Kit Edward Lulow - Texas DPS

East Texas Task Force Helps Capture Wanted Fugitive

Investigators say members of the U.S. Marshals Joint East Texas Fugitive Task Force coordinated the arrest after developing investigative leads. Special Agents with the Texas DPS Criminal Investigations Division in Texarkana also assisted in the investigation.

Cass County Sex Offender Case Leads to International Arrest

Lulow had been wanted since February after authorities in Cass County issued a warrant accusing him of failing to comply with sex offender registration requirements.

Additional federal warrants were later issued in April by the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on charges of possession of child pornography and felon in possession of a firearm.

According to DPS, Lulow was arrested earlier this year in Marion County on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of child pornography before later bonding out of jail.

Authorities say Lulow was originally convicted in Oregon in 2008 on charges including rape, sexual abuse, and sodomy involving a 13-year-old girl. He was sentenced to 75 months in prison. DPS also noted that Lulow was arrested several times between 2014 and 2019 for parole violations in Oregon.

Texas DPS 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders