A man wanted in a 1991 Massachusetts killing was found on a shrimp farm in Guatemala. He tried to flee by jumping into the water.

A person wished in reference to a 1991 stabbing dying throughout a combat in Massachusetts has been discovered engaged on a shrimp farm in Guatemala, state police stated. Authorities stated that the suspect tried to get away by leaping into the water however was captured.

Mario Garcia was discovered residing beneath an alias, working the farm in Iztapa, police stated in a news launch Wednesday.

“We don’t forget, we are persistent, and we never cease in our efforts to secure justice for victims,” Massachusetts State Police Colonel Christopher S. Mason stated. “The fact that we were able to reach into Guatemala to hold accountable someone who committed a homicide in Massachusetts is a result of both tenacious police work and the value of our relationships with local, federal and international partners.”

Ismael Recinos-Garcia was stabbed on Nov. 16, 1991, in Attleboro.

Police issued an arrest warrant for Mario Garcia, then 19. He fled and couldn’t be discovered.

In 2014, the state police’s Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section developed data that Garcia had probably fled to a distant space of his native Guatemala. By 2021, he had been added to the state police’s Most Wanted Fugitives record.

Earlier this yr, a detective who had labored on the investigation developed data that Garcia is perhaps engaged on the shrimp farm.

The data was forwarded to the U.S. Marshals Service, which labored with the Operations for Central America and the U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service Overseas Criminal Investigations Unit in Guatemala. The Department of State and the Guatemalan Federal Police Force additionally labored on discovering him.

Police stated Garcia, now 50, “attempted to evade capture by jumping into a body of water” on the shrimp farm, however was apprehended and positioned into custody.

Guatemalan authorities are coordinating Garcia’s extradition to the United States to face prosecution in Massachusetts’ Bristol County. It wasn’t instantly identified if he had a lawyer.

“We are glad that the victim, Ismael Recinos-Garcia, will finally have justice be brought forth for this senseless murder,” Attleboro Police Chief Kyle P. Heagney stated. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and loved ones.”