Mohave County Fugitive is Returned from Mexico

Mohave County Fugitive is Returned from Mexico

Updated: Thursday, 19 Jan 2012, 4:27 PM MST
Published : Thursday, 19 Jan 2012, 4:27 PM MST

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) - A man wanted in Mohave County for attempted first-degree murder has been deported back to Arizona after being arrested in Mexico.

The U.S. Marshals Service took custody Thursday of 28-year-old Ricardo Allan Ledesma at the port of entry in San Luis, Ariz. He's been booked into a Yuma jail.

Authorities say Ledesma is accused of assaulting his girlfriend at her apartment last July 24.

They say Ledesma allegedly grabbed her by the hair and dragged her outside before she escaped and ran back into the apartment to protect her 2-year-old son.

Ledesma allegedly attacked the woman and her son with a knife, threatened to kill her, choked her and punched her in the head and stomach.

Authorities say the woman suffered defense wounds from the knife. The child escaped injury.

Mohave County Fugitive is Returned from Mexico