José Rodolfo Villareal-Hernandez, a Mexican cartel chief often called “El Gato” who is needed within the U.S. for his alleged function in orchestrating a 2013 homicide in Southlake, Texas, has been arrested in Mexico, authorities stated.
Villareal-Hernandez was detained in Mexico City.
In a Tweet, Mexican authorities stated that Villareal-Hernandez is “requested by authorities of the United States of America for his probable responsibility in the crimes of interstate stalking and criminal association to commit homicide.” Villareal-Hernandez was on the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives record for expenses of “interstate stalking and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire,” expenses that had been filed in opposition to him in 2018.
The 2013 slaying that Villareal-Hernandez is alleged to have orchestrated focused Juan Jesus Guerrero Chapa, who was allegedly a lawyer for the notoriously violent Gulf Cartel drug trafficking group and an informant for the U.S. authorities. Investigators consider that Villareal-Hernandez held a private grudge in opposition to Chapa. Chapa was sitting alongside his spouse of their Range Rover when he was shot at the very least 5 occasions, marking Southlake’s first homicide in additional than 10 years, in accordance with CBS Dallas-Fort Worth.
Former United States Attorney Paul Coggins advised CBS Dallas-Fort Worth that Villareal-Hernandez’s arrest sends a robust sign of cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico.
“What that’s telling the Cartel members… is it’s not just from the bottom up but from the top down as well,” Coggins stated.
Three different males have been beforehand indicted on interstate stalking and conspiracy to commit homicide for rent expenses in Chapa’s killing.
The United States has sixty days to start the extradition course of, Mexican authorities stated.
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