A Massachusetts homicide suspect who spent simply over three many years on the run has been arrested in Guatemala.
Mario García, 50, was taken into custody Wednesday within the Pacific coast city of Iztapa after he tried to flee by leaping in a physique of water on the shrimp farm that he was working beneath an alias.
García stabbed Ismael Recinos-García throughout a November 16, 1991 brawl within the city of Attleboro, close to the border with Rhode Island.
Recinos-García was discovered unconscious and was rushed to a hospital the place he died from his wounds.
Mario García (pictured) was arrested Wednesday within the Guatemalan Pacific coast city of Iztapa. The now 50-year-old had been residing in his native Central American nation, the place he fled after he allegedly stabbed a person to loss of life in Massachusetts in 1991
Ismael Recinos-García (pictured) died after he was stabbed throughout a combat in Attleboro, Massachusetts, a November 16, 1991
Authorities issued an arrest warrant for García, who was solely 19 years previous on the time of the killing, however he managed to flee and evaded seize.
In 2014, the Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Part had credible data that García had returned to his native Guatemala and was hiding out in a distant city.
García was added to the state’s most needed fugitive record in 2021.
Earlier this 12 months a detective assigned to the case had gathered data that García may have been operating a shrimp farm within the Central American nation and residing beneath an alias.
Mario García (middle) was residing within the Guatemalan city of Iztapa, the place he was working a shrimp farm
On Wednesday morning, the U.S. Marshals Service and U.S. Division of State coordinated an operation with Guatemalan authorities to lastly seize García.
Police had been about to serve the arrest warrant earlier than he tried to stop his seize by leaping into the water, however was promptly positioned into custody.
‘We do not neglect, we’re persistent, and we by no means stop in our efforts to safe justice for victims,’ Massachusetts State Police Colonel Christopher S. Mason stated. ‘The truth that we had been capable of attain into Guatemala to carry accountable somebody who dedicated a murder in Massachusetts is a results of each tenacious police work and the worth of {our relationships} with native, federal and worldwide companions.’
Garcia’s apprehension introduced closure to the household of Recinos-García, particularly his daughter, Delia Recinos, who was solely 3 on the time of the killing.
‘I’m very shocked stuffed with feelings as a result of they’ve lastly discovered him and probably they may have the ability to carry him to justice after 31 years,’ Recinos advised Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra.
Massachusetts, United States and Guatemalan officers are coordinating Garcia’s extradition.
