Sexual assault fugitive extradited to U.S. from Mexico after 7 years on the run

By Adriana M. Chávez / El Paso Timeselpasotimes.com
Posted: 03/29/2012 03:49:18 PM MDT

Marcos Coronel (El Paso County Sheriff's Office)A sexual assault suspect who has been on the run from authorities for seven years has been arrested.

Officials said Marcos Coronel, 37, who has allegedly been eluding authorities since 2005, was recently extradited to the U.S. from Mexico to face sexual assault charges. He was profiled in the Manhunt Monday fugitive program in 2009.

El Paso County Sheriff's deputies said in 2003, Coronel was accused of sexually assaulting a woman. He apparently failed to appear in court to answer to the charge and had not been seen since 2005.

Coronel was the 42nd fugitive profiled in the Manhunt Monday program and is the 114th program capture.

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