Suspect arrested in stabbing death

EL RANCHITO - Cameron County sheriff's deputies have arrested a suspect in the Tuesday stabbing death of a 20-year-old man in what investigators are calling a "crime of passion."

Deputies located Efrain Puente, 30, of Brownsville about 1 a.m. Wednesday and arrested him on a charge of first degree murder, Sheriff Omar Lucio said.

Puente will be arraigned sometime this morning, Lucio said.

Investigators say the man attacked and stabbed 20-year-old Francisco Losoya at a home on Nicho Esparza Road in El Ranchito about 8 p.m. Tuesday, Lucio said.

Investigators say Puente arrived at the home, where Losoya was with Puente's estranged wife, Lucio said.

Losoya died en route to the hospital, Lucio said.