U.S. MARSHALS FUGITIVE TASK FORCE ARRESTS MURDER SUSPECT WHO FLED FROM PUERTO RICO TO FLORIDA

FROM:  U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE 

October 22, 2014

U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force Arrests Murder Suspect Who Fled From Puerto Rico to Florida

Fugitive Located in Ocala Apartment

Gainesville, FL – This morning, the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested Jonathan Santiago-Torres in a northeast Ocala apartment complex. Santiago-Torres was wanted by the Caguas Municipal Court in Puerto Rico on an outstanding arrest warrant for homicide and weapons-related charges with a bond of $2 million. Per an investigation by police in Puerto Rico, Santiago-Torres shot and killed a male victim with a handgun on June 25.

U.S. Marshals in Puerto Rico and Task Force members in Gainesville developed information that Santiago-Torres fled to Florida after the murder. Further investigation revealed that Santiago-Torres arrived in the Ocala area within the last couple of days. Task Force members – including investigators from the U.S. Marshals Service, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, and the Levy County Sheriff’s Office – continued the investigation in Ocala this morning and determined Santiago-Torres was likely hiding inside the apartment located at 2701 NE 7th Street #601 with a friend. At approximately 9:00 a.m., Task Force members surrounded this apartment and ordered Santiago-Torres to exit. Santiago-Torres exited moments later and Task Force members placed him under arrest. Santiago-Torres was booked into the Marion County Jail on his outstanding arrest warrant.

For additional information, please contact Deputy U.S. Marshal Bryon Carroll at (352) 672-8065.

The Gainesville Division of the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force is sponsored by the U.S. Marshals Service and is comprised of investigators from the U.S. Marshals Service, the Alachua County Sheriff's Office, the Levy County Sheriff's Office, the Marion County Sheriff's Office, the Gainesville Police Department, and the Chiefland Police Department.

FOREIGN MURDER SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN EDINBURG, TEXAS

FROM:  U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE 
October 09, 2013
DUSM Martin Gomez
Southern District of Texas
 Fugitive Task Force Arrest Murder Suspects in Edinburg, TX

McAllen, Texas – The United States Marshals Service-multi agency led Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Fugitive Task Force (GCVOFTF) announce the arrests of two fugitives wanted in Mexico.

Humberto Villasenor-Soto and Osvaldo De La Paz-Soto are wanted by Mexican Authorities of the Procuraduria General De Justicia Del EDO for Homicide. On January 2013, Villasenor-Soto and his cousin De La Paz-Soto allegedly shot and killed a young male in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, as he attempted to help and protect his mother from Villasenor-Soto and De La Paz-Soto. It is alleged that Villasenor-Soto and De La Paz-Soto held a gun to the victim’s mother as they carjacked her vehicle from the front driveway of her residence. The teenage boy victim was fatally shot as Villasenor-Soto and De La Paz-Soto drove away with the stolen vehicle. Mexican Authorities from the Procuraduria General De Justicia Del EDO contacted the United States Marshals Service when they learned that the assailants fled into the United States to avoid apprehension. The GCVOFTF in McAllen, Texas, were requested to assist in the apprehension of the two foreign fugitives.

On October 8, 2013, members of the GCVOFTF developed information that Villasenor-Soto and De La Paz-Soto were hiding in an apartment complex in Edinburg, Texas. Members of the GCVOFTF approached and made entry into the apartment after observing De La Paz-Soto walk into the apartment. Members of the GCVOFTF arrested Villasenor-Soto and De La Paz Soto after finding them inside a bedroom. Villasenor-Soto and De La Paz-Soto were turned over to Mexican Authorities at the Hidalgo Port of Entry with the assistance of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The GCVOFTF is a team comprised of law enforcement officers from the Bureau of Alcohol
Tobacco & Firearms, Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Department, Homeland Security Investigations,
McAllen P.D., Mission P.D., San Juan P.D., Starr County Sheriff’s Department, TDCJ Office of
Inspector General, Texas Department of Public Safety, U.S. Marshals Service and Weslaco
P.D.