BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - The Brazos County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jose Daniel Zavala-Estrada on November 11, 2025.

Zavala-Estrada, of Bryan, has been on the run for nearly 15 years after he allegedly continuously sexually assaulted a pre-teen between 2009 and 2010. Police say he used several aliases while living in the United States after illegally crossing the border with Mexico.

The incident was first reported to Bryan police by the victim’s mother in August 2010.

Additional details of the case are not being shared in an effort to protect the child’s identity.

The victim then spoke to the Brazos Valley child advocacy center, Scotty’s House, for further interviews and examinations. The information collected in those interviews proved beneficial in capturing the wanted fugitive, who

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