( CNN ) The father of a Los Angeles police officer wanted for murder has been charged with making a false statement to an FBI agent , the FBI said Thursday in a press release . Victor Manuel Solis , 53 , was arrested in Lancaster , California , in connection with the ongoing search for Henry Solis , a rookie officer with the L.A. police who is believed to have entered Mexico from El Paso , Texas , the FBI said . An FBI complaint said a video recording at the border crossing showed father and son entering Mexico together at 5:40 a.m. March 14 , even though the elder Solis told an agent he dropped his son at an El Paso bus station and did n't know where he went . Victor Solis `` knowingly and willingly lied during the interview in order to thwart law enforcement investigative efforts , '' the complaint said . Henry Solis is accused of killing Salome Rodriguez Jr. early in the morning of March 13 in Pomona , California . Items left by Solis at the crime scene allowed Pomona police detectives to identify him `` as the individual responsible for killing Rodriguez , '' according to an FBI affidavit . Victor Solis told the FBI on March 16 that his son called on March 13 , said he wanted to spend some vacation time in El Paso , and rode with his father to that Texas city , the complaint said . Victor Solis said that after dropping off his son at the bus station , he later crossed into Mexico alone , the complaint said . The FBI said Victor Solis will be taken to El Paso for prosecution . Henry Solis ' whereabouts are not known..
SolisVictor Solis is charged with making a false statement to an FBI agent . Victor Solis ' son is an L.A. police officer who has been charged with murder . The FBI says the father took the son to El Paso , where he crossed into Mexico .