Thread: NC: Illegal alien murder suspect on run 10 yrs. arrested

Murder Suspect On the Run for 10 Years Arrested in Asheboro

Staff Writer

12:14 PM EDT, July 1, 2010
Fidel Mora Yanez, 37

Fidel Mora Yanez, 37 (July 1, 2010)
ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) - A Mexican national who had been on the run for more than a decade after allegedly shooting three Houston residents in 2000, killing one and injuring two, was arrested June 29th by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Asheboro.

ICE, working with the Asheboro Police Department and the Randolph County Sheriff's Office, arrested Fidel Mora Yanez, 37, on Tuesday. He was living and working in the Asheboro, N.C. area under the alias Bernardo Castanon Villanueva.

In addition to the criminal charges for murder and aggravated assault, Yanez will face administrative charges for being in the country illegally. He is currently in the custody of the Mecklenburg Sheriff's Office awaiting extradition to Houston.

Houston Police Assistant Chief Michael A. Dirden said, "We are grateful for the assistance we received from ICE on the arrest of this suspect. Their effort is indicative of the outstanding cooperation local law enforcement receives from our federal partners on a daily basis."

"Those who think that they can escape the reach of the law are sorely mistaken," said Felicia Skinner, ERO Atlanta field office director. "Whether it takes 10 days, or 10 years, law enforcement will catch up with those who are committing heinous crimes."
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Thursday, Jul. 01, 2010
Feds arrest Texas shootings suspect in NC


CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Authorities in North Carolina have arrested a Mexican national they say has been on the run for more than a decade after killing one person and injuring two others in Texas.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents said Thursday that 37-year-old Fidel Mora Yanez was arrested this week at a gas station Asheboro.

ICE spokeswoman Barbara Gonzalez says Yanez had been under surveillance since June 22, when they got a tip that he was living in Asheboro and worked in construction.

Gonzalez says Yanez had been living under an assumed name and told authorities he had been in the area since 2001.

Yanez was in the Mecklenburg County jail in Charlotte on Thursday awaiting extradition to Houston. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.

Read more: http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/07/01/15 ... z0sSCCqI9j

Congratulations ICE for apprehending another illegal alien scumbag criminal

Another 'hardworking" illegal working in the NC construction industry.

I.CE. News Release

July 01, 2010

Charlotte ICE officers nab murder suspect who had been on the run for 10 years

Man allegedly shot three Houston residents in 2000, killing one and injuring two

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A Mexican national who had been on the run for more than a decade after allegedly shooting three Houston residents in 2000, killing one and injuring two, was nabbed June 29th by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers and law enforcement officials from the Asheboro Police Department and the Randolph County Sheriff's Office.

Fidel Mora Yanez, 37, was living and working in the Asheboro, N.C., area under the alias Bernardo Castanon Villanueva. He was encountered after ICE ERO officers launched an investigation into a law enforcement tip that a murder suspect was living and hiding in North Carolina.

"Those who think that they can escape the reach of the law are sorely mistaken," said Felicia Skinner, ERO Atlanta field office director. "Whether it takes 10 days, or 10 years, law enforcement will catch up with those who are committing heinous crimes."

Houston Police Assistant Chief Michael A. Dirden said, "We are grateful for the assistance we received from ICE on the arrest of this suspect. Their effort is indicative of the outstanding cooperation local law enforcement receives from our federal partners on a daily basis."

In addition to the criminal charges for murder and aggravated assault, Yanez will face administrative charges for being in the country illegally. He is currently in the custody of the Mecklenburg Sheriff's Office awaiting extradition to Houston.

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Last Modified: Thursday, July 1, 2010
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/1007/100701charlotte.htm