FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: January 31, 2007 U.S. Marshals Service, Office of Public Affairs (202) 307-9065   U.S. Marshals Help Catch Accused Killer of Guardsman Back From Iraq   A fugitive, wanted for the slaying of a National Guard soldier home from his Iraq deployment to be with his wife during childbirth, has been arrested following an investigation led by United States Marshals. Fabian Cayetano Urrea, considered a violent fugitive, was captured in Sinaloa, Culiacan, Mexico, at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. He was sought in connection with the 2005 murder of Jorge Estrada, a California Army National Guard soldier. The arrest was made by agents of the specialized unit, “Unidad Especializada En Aprehensiones” (UNESA), a component of the Sinaloa Procuraduria General de Justicia del Estado (PGJE). Urrea’s capture was the result of a joint fugitive investigation conducted by the Murrieta (CA) Police Department, Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, United States Marshals Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force (PSWRFTF) and the United States Marshals’ Mexico City Field Office. In June 2005, 24-year-old Jorge Estrada was granted two weeks leave from his deployment to Iraq to return to his family. Three days after the Estrada’s child came home from the hospital, Urrea, the baby’s biological father demanded to see the child. Estrada convinced his reluctant wife to make peace and allow Urrea to visit their apartment. Urrea and Estrada began to argue about custody of the baby and Urrea allegedly pulled a 9mm handgun from his waistband and shot Estrada three times in the chest. Estrada’s wife, Diana, and the newborn baby were standing next to Estrada at the time of his murder. Urrea fled the scene. Further investigation revealed that Urrea’s aunt drove him to the Mexican border several hours after the shooting. Estrada’s murder received local, regional and national media attention, and led to an aggressive campaign by the FOX television show “America’s Most Wanted.” In July 2005, Murrieta Police detectives asked the Inland Empire Division of the PSWRFTF to help locate and apprehend Urrea. For the past 18 months, task force investigators and Murrieta Police detectives have worked diligently to identify Urrea’s hiding place in Mexico. Their efforts were rewarded when they discovered that he was associated with a motorcycle shop in Culiacan. Earlier yesterday, a surveillance team from the PGJE/UNESA Team observed Urrea, using the alias Luis Ariel Urrea-Perez, and took him into custody at the motorcycle shop without incident. The arrest was based on information provided by the Task Force and the Marshals’ Field Office in Mexico City. He was subsequently turned over to a team of investigators from the Mexico’s AFI (Agencia Federal de Investigacion) and now faces extradition proceedings. Chief Inspector John Clark, Task Force Commander of the U.S. Marshals Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force, applauded the work of the Murrieta Police Department, the Riverside County’s District Attorney’s Office, Deputy Marshals, and UNESA agents. He noted their hard work, persistence and, most importantly, their exemplary cooperation. “The arrest of Fabian Urrea is a perfect example of the benefits of the international law enforcement community, the judicial system and governments working together,” he said. Adam Torres, United States Marshal for the Central District of California, commended the Mexican agents for their outstanding assistance. “Many people believe they can commit violent crimes here and run to Mexico to evade justice,” said Torres. “The arrest of Fabian Urrea is just one more example of how wrong they are. The United States Marshals Service and all of our law enforcement partners on both sides of the border will work together to find you and bring you to justice.” Urrea is the 19th “America’s Most Wanted” fugitive apprehended by the Marshals Pacific Southwest Task Force since its inception in May 2002, and the 8th “AMW” fugitive apprehended by the Task Force in the last year. The Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force targets violent fugitives wanted for state, local, or Federal offenses. It is comprised of investigators and officers from the United States Marshals Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, United States Secret Service, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, California Department of Corrections/Office of Correctional Safety, California Department of Justice / Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, California Department of Justice / Firearms Division, Anaheim Police Department, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Ontario Police Department, Orange County Sheriff's Department, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, Santa Ana Police Department and the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department. For more information contact: Inspector Andres Jimenez (213) 894-1161or go to http://www.usmarshals.gov/investigations/taskfrcs/tskforcs.htm.