I.C.E. News Release

April 30, 2009

Federal agents, local police team up to capture Mexican triple homicide suspect

Alleged murderer turned over to Mexican authorities

DOUGLAS, Ariz. — A Mexican national wanted in his native country for a drug-related triple homicide was turned over to Mexican authorities here yesterday afternoon after federal and local law enforcement agencies joined forces to arrest him earlier in the day.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents took Jose Jesus Guerrero, 38, into custody without incident at a local gas station yesterday morning. Guerrero is accused of kidnapping and murdering one American and two Mexican citizens in Agua Prieta, Mexico, on April 10.

Guerrero's arrest came after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agent assigned to the Cochise County Border Violence Group received information about the suspected murderer's possible whereabouts. Based upon that lead, ICE agents worked with the Douglas Police Department to set up surveillance at the Express Stop gas station on 10th Street where Guerrero was captured a short time later.

Following the April killings, the Mexican government notified the U.S. Marshal's Service that Guerrero was a suspect. The U.S. Marshal's Service, in turn, alerted border law enforcement agencies to be on the lookout for him.

“The return of this fugitive to face justice shows how law enforcement agencies in the United States are working with Mexico to combat the drug-related violence and crime in that nation,â€