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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
February 09, 2007


 
 U.S. Marshal Eric Robertson
U.S. Marshals Service
206-370-8601 or 253-302-8601
 
 
2004 Rape of a Child Suspect Arrested in Mexico
 
A man suspected of raping his 10 year-old niece on multiple occasions in early 2004 was arrested yesterday by Mexican law enforcement authorities in Mexico City. Isaias Martinez-Reyes has been wanted by the Seattle Police Department since March of 2004.

Martinez-Reyes, age 37, previously residing in Federal Way, allegedly raped the victim
on numerous occasions in early 2004 and advised her not to disclose the abuse to anyone. In
early March of 2004, the victim disclosed the abuse to another family member. These crimes
were reported to the Seattle Police Department’s Special Assault Unit on March 4th, 2004.

On March 22nd, 2004, the Superior Court of King County issued an arrest warrant for
Martinez-Reyes for the crimes of Rape of a Child in the First Degree and Rape of a Child in the
Second Degree with a bail amount of $150,000. On March 25, 2004, the Seattle Police
Department requested the assistance of the Pacific Northwest Fugitive Apprehension Task Force (PNWFAT) in locating and apprehending Martinez-Reyes.

Investigators quickly determined that the suspect had fled to Mexico. On May 20, 2004
the PNWFAT obtained a federal arrest warrant for Martinez-Reyes charging him with Unlawful
Flight to Avoid Prosecution and initiated a request to the Department of Justice’s Office of
International Affairs for a Provisional Arrest Warrant in Mexico.

The government of Mexico approved the issuance of the provisional arrest warrant on
January 29, 2007 and U.S. Marshals Service personnel in Mexico City quickly began working
with their Mexican law enforcement counterparts to locate Martinez-Reyes. Information was
soon developed that Martinez-Reyes operated a taxi cab in Mexico City and he was taken into
custody without incident yesterday afternoon by Mexican law enforcement officials. He will
remain in custody in Mexico City until extradition proceedings to the United States are
completed.

The PNWFAT is a U.S. Marshals-sponsored partnership comprised of investigators from the King County Sheriffs Office, Seattle Police Department, Washington State Department of Corrections, the U.S. Social Security Administration OIG, and the U.S. Marshals Service. The Task Force is supported by the Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative and was formed to concentrate apprehension efforts to remove federal, state and local fugitives from the streets. The Task Force objective is to disrupt illegal gun and drug traffickers in the Pacific Northwest and to reduce the amount of violence in the region.

For additional information on other major case fugitives, go to the U.S. Marshals Service’s website at www.usmarshals.gov. For additional information on the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Initiative, go to the PSN website at www.psn.gov.

For information on the apprehension, call U.S. Marshal Eric E. Robertson at 206-370-8601; for
information on the criminal case, call the King County Prosecutor’s Office at 206-296-9000.