UT: 18/yr old Execution-Style Murderer From Mexico Captured!
U.S. marshals net high-profile Mexican murder suspect in WVC
By Lindsay Whitehurst
The Salt Lake Tribune
Updated: 06/20/2010 05:20:20 PM MDT
U.S. marshals arrested a murder suspect from Mexico in West Valley City on Saturday.
The 18-year-old man from the state of Baja California was wanted in connection with the execution-style murder of a young attorney there, said Supervisory Deputy Jim Phelps.
"This was an extremely high-profile case," he said. He escaped from Mexico with the help of the state's attorney general, Phelps said, who has since been fired after allegations of corruption. Investigators traced the alleged murderer to California or Utah and U.S. marshals put several of his family members in West Valley City under surveillance. They spotted the man at a TV repair shop near 1600 West and 3500 South, and after confirming his identity arrested him outside a nearby Super Savers grocery store about 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
"We were very excited," to make the arrest, Phelp said. He was booked into the Salt Lake County jail, and will be extradited to Mexico, Phelps said.