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Man Accused of Murdering his Estranged Wife and Unborn Child Extradited from Mexico
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Submitted at 9:50 AM July 28, 2011

A man accused in the stabbing death of his estranged wife, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer, was extradited to Chula Vista, California on Wednesday from Mexico. Jesus Arteaga Garcia, 30, will be charged in the death of Maribel Arteaga, 28, and her unborn child. She was two months pregnant when she was fatally stabbed on Dec. 9, 2009, at her Chula Vista apartment in front of the couples two sons, who were ages 4 and 6 at the time. Chula Vista police investigated and obtained an arrest warrant for Arteaga, who was believed at the time to have fled to Mexico to avoid prosecution. On Jan. 28, Mexican federal authorities, working with deputies from the U.S. Marshals Service, arrested Arteaga in Tijuana near his sisters apartment. He was being held in Mexico City before extradition. On Wednesday, U.S. Marshals Service deputies transported him to San Diego and released him to the custody of Chula Vista police investigators. He will face two counts of murder, two counts of child abuse, and a special circumstances allegation for committing more than one murder. He was being held in county jail on a no-bail warrant. At the time of the arrest, Deputy U.S. Marshal Steve Jurman said that Arteaga was receiving assistance in Tijuana from his sister and his parents, who also live there.

Maribel Arteaga worked as a customs officer at the Tecate Port of Entry. Her estranged husband had come to her apartment, and the two had argued about the visitation of their children, authorities said. She was stabbed in the back with a longblade knife and died at a hospital. Before she died, she identified her estranged husband as the assailant. Chula Vista Police Chief David Bejarano called the extradition another important step in bringing justice to Maribels family. Jurman said earlier that relatives in Tijuana were apparently sympathetic to Jesus Arteaga, and that during interviews with authorities, they said that Maribel got what she deserved. This article was written by Susan Schroder and published by Sign On San Diego on July 27, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

Murder of 2 Girls, Captured in Mexico Awaits Extradition to US

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Submitted at 10:15 AM July 28, 2011

Man Accused of 1982

It could take up to a year to extradite a 51-year-old Mexican national recently arrested in Tijuana on suspicion of raping and murdering two Stockton girls in 1982, an official said Wednesday. Alfredo Reyes Reyes was on the lam for 29 years, U.S. officials say, ever since he and a second man now on California's death row killed Renee Rontal and Nancy Rubia, both 13. The FBI and Mexican federal police arrested Reyes on May 27 in a Tijuana pool hall, and he remains in the custody of Mexican officials. According to a treaty between Mexico and the United States, prosecutors had a two-month deadline upon Reyes' arrest to file their extradition request with Mexican officials. San Joaquin County Deputy District Attorney Kevin Mayo, who is working with the U.S. State Department in Washington, said they've done all that. "We've made all the deadlines," he said. "Sometimes it can take up

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to a year (for the extradition). Sometimes it's quicker." After a farm worker found the murdered girls, Jan. 25, 1982, on a Delta island, San Joaquin County sheriff's detectives arrested Antonio Espinoza, now 50, who remains on death row at San Quentin State Prison. Reyes, however, evaded capture, fleeing to his native Mexico. Because Mexico officially abolished capital punishment in 2005, San Joaquin County prosecutors in their extradition request have had to assure Mexican officials they won't seek a death sentence against Reyes. Mayo, who helped prepare the request for Reyes, said his concern now is whether the documents were filed correctly in the eyes of Mexican officials. "We haven't heard that (there is a problem)," he said. "I guess now it's a matter of waiting for the Mexican folks to respond." This article was written by Scott Smith and published by Recordnet.com on July 28, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above. above.

Thursday, July 28, 2011