Mexico hands over fugitive wanted in 2008 L.A. County deputy killing
A man sought in connection with the murder of 2008 in Cypress Park of the Los Angeles district of Los Angeles district was returned from Mexico to the United States on charges.
38 -year -old Roberto Salazar was arrested by Mexican officials in March and was detained in the United States on Tuesday. Thursday morning, the city center is planned to be arranged in the La court.
“Justice has been coming for a long time, but today we are one step closer,” he said at a press conference at a press conference at the Justice Hall in the afternoon.
La District Regional Prosecutor’s Office will accuse Salazar with conspiracy to commit special conditions and murder with first -degree murder, which will be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of conditional evacuation.
Salazar was delivered by the US and Mexican officials with 25 prisoners described as high -ranking drug cartel members. Mexico long ago eliminated the death penalty and reportedly accepted the transfer of mass prisoners, provided that none of them faced death penalties.
Salazar’s case, Juan Abel Escalante’nin, men’s central prison while preparing to go to the work of a child outside the house of a child’s seat, while the head of the head of Juan Abel Escalante’nin was hit behind the 2 August 2008.
Until December 2012, four of the six members of the gang of family streets were arrested and accused of authorities accused of involved in killing. This list included Carlos Velasquez, who was guilty of having a firearm and having a firearm by a criminal arrested in December 2008 and ultimately convicted. Authorities, Velasquez’in rival gang member after the wrong after the wrong hit Escalante said.
We Atty. General Pamela Bondi described the return of 26 men on Tuesday as the last example of the historical efforts of the Trump administration to dismantle the cartels and foreign terrorist organizations ”.
Juan Abel Escalante’s wife Celeleste Escalante and his daughters, during the funeral services on August 8, 2008 Pall carriers watching his coffin watched.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Escalante and his family lived in their parents’ home in Cypress Park. He worked on the army reserve and worked for the sheriff department for 2½ years.
“My words are going to the Escalante family. This increase in justice is not over, but we are almost there”. Atty. Nathan Hochman said on Wednesday.
