Calexico Police arrested a man suspected of starting fires in the border city.

On Wednesday, April 5, 2023, investigators arrested 34-year-old Richard Urena, Jr at a recycling center. Urena was identified as a suspect wanted in connection with a fire at the Gourmet Trading Company on M.L. King Blvd on Thursday, March 30, 2023. Urena, a transient, was identified through video footage from multiple home security cameras. Because of the high winds, the fire spread to homes adjacent  to the business. Urena also admitted to setting three other fires that occurred in a two-hour stretch that same day. Urena was booked into Imperial County Jail on multiple felony charges related to arson.