EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies used the latest technology and combined it with some help from the FBI and some good old-fashioned police work to make an arrest in a recent murder that happened in far East El Paso.

Leopoldo Ortega, 25, was arrested and charged with murder in the death of 36-year-old Juan Oscar Becerra.

According to court documents obtained by KTSM, Ortega had at one time dated the victim’s estranged wife and continued to live with her even though their romantic relationship appeared to have ended.

He had also gotten into at least two altercations with the victim in the recent past, according to documents.

The same documents show that deputies made ample use of surveillance video to link the suspect to the murder.

Deputies responded to the vic

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