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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: |
August 05, 2008 |
Thomas Twohey, Deputy U.S. Marshal
Public Affairs Officer (520) 904-3054 |
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Mexican Policeman who Killed his Commander,
Wounded Fellow Officer; Fled to the U.S.; is Returned to Mexico |
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Tucson, AZ - U.S. Marshals returned a
Mexican citizen back to Mexico where he was wanted for shooting and killing
a Nogales, Sonora, Mexico Police commander and wounding a fellow officer in
2006.
The U.S. Marshals WANTED Task Force Mexico Investigative Liaison in Tucson
was contacted by the Sonora State Investigative Police (PEI) to determine if
Jose Domingo Felix-Cervantes, 35 years of age, had fled to the U.S. after
the June 2006 shootings in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. According to PEI in
Sonora, Mexico, Felix-Cervantes, while on duty and in uniform as a police
officer, got into an argument with his commander, pulled a gun and shot him
five times. The commander was killed and a fellow officer was wounded by
several of the bullets that passed thru the commander.
In 2007, the foreign fugitive investigation conducted by the U.S. Marshals
determined that Felix-Cervantes was in custody at the Pima County Jail for
drug and weapon charges. Felix-Cervantes, registered under the name Alfredo
Victor Gonzalez Beltran and 4 other individuals were arrested in early 2007
with 100 pounds of Marijuana, firearms and $40,000 in U.S. currency. He was
later sentenced to two and a half years in prison for those offenses.
U.S. Marshals in the District of Arizona contacted the Attorney General of
Mexico, Regional Legal and Law Enforcement Attaché in Los Angeles,
California and notified them of the foreign fugitive investigative results.
After taking custody of Felix-Cervantes from the Arizona Department of
Corrections, U.S. Marshals in conjunction with Immigration Customs
Enforcement (ICE) Detention and Removal Operations officers escorted
Felix-Cervantes to the Nogales Point of Entry. Felix-Cervantes was then
transferred to the custody of the Mexico Federal Investigative Agency (AFI).
“This is another fine example of the continuing cooperation of U.S and
Mexican officials to bring foreign fugitives to justice. We are pleased to
be able to return this fugitive back to Mexico, so that he may answer
charges there. Earlier this week, Mexico returned to the U.S., a violent sex
offender who had assaulted a 73 year old lady as she was preparing to go to
church.” said David Gonzales, United States Marshal for the District of
Arizona.
The U.S. Marshals Arizona WANTED Task Force has divisions in Phoenix, Yuma,
Flagstaff and Tucson. Additional information on the U.S. Marshals is
available at: www.usmarshals.gov.
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