U.S. Marshals Extradites Man from Mexico City, Mexico to Tallahassee to Face Charges
of Sexual Assault and Sexual Battery

Adan Eliud Correa Sanchez, 24, of Tallahassee, FL was wanted by the Leon County Sheriff’s Office on two warrants for Sexual Assault and two warrants for Sexual Battery stemming from incidents in 2004. Investigation by the Leon County Sheriff’s Office led them to believe that Sanchez had fled to Mexico and asked for the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force who adopted the case in May 2005.

Case information was forwarded by task force personnel to the U.S. Marshals Mexico Field office located in Mexico City, Mexico who began working the case along with the Agencia Federal de Investigacion or AFI. On August 15, 2006 Sanchez was arrested in Cuidad Frontera, Coahuila, Mexico by AFI. Sanchez has been in Jail in Mexico awaiting Extradition to the United States since that time.

On July 24, 2007 Personnel from the U.S. Marshal Service and Members of the Violent Fugitive Task Force traveled to Mexico City, Mexico and picked up Sanchez and will return to the United States on Wednesday July 25, 2007. It is planned that Sanchez will be returned directly to Tallahassee, FL and be booked into the Leon County Jail Wednesday evening.

“This case is another example of how the resources of the U.S. Marshals including our International Field Offices can assist local agencies with apprehending fleeing fugitives wherever they may be in the world” stated Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Brian P. Nerney.

The United States Marshals Service sponsors the North Florida Violent Fugitive Task Force which is comprised of law enforcement officers from the U.S. Marshals Service, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Tallahassee Police Department, and the Leon County Sheriff’s Office.