SB 405
01-09-2007, 03:42 PM
LOS ANGELES, January 9, 2007 - A suspect in the 2002 shooting death of a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was turned over by Mexican officials to U.S. authorities and taken to a jail in Santa
Ana.
According to the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles, Jorge Arroyo-Garcia, 30, was turned over to the U.S. Marshals Service so he can be tried in connection with the slaying of Deputy David March, who was fatally shot on April 29, 2002, during a traffic stop in Irwindale.
The Department of Justice says Arroyo-Garcia is also known as Armando "Chato" Garcia.
Arroyo-Garcia, considered one of the U.S. Marshals Service's 10 most-wanted fugitives, was arrested in Tonala, Jalisco, on Feb. 23, 2006.
District Attorney Steve Cooley had agreed not to seek the death penalty in order to have Arroyo-Garcia extradited from Mexico, which traditionally refused to extradite murder suspects who face the death penalty in the United States.
According to sheriff's deputies, March, 33, was shot after he pulled over a black Nissan Maxima near Live Oak Avenue and Peck Road about 10:30 a.m. April 29, 2002. The driver got out and shot the deputy several times, then fled in the Nissan.
March, a seven-year department veteran, lived in Santa Clarita with wife, Teresa Lee March, and her daughter, Kayla.
The car the killer had been driving was found two days later by Baldwin Park police, but Arroyo-Garcia fled to Mexico.
Arroyo-Garcia was also wanted by Baldwin Park police in connection with two attempted murders in that city in November 2001, and by El Monte police on a no- bail warrant for weapons violations, according to the Sheriff's Department.
According to the Mexican consulate, Arroyo-Garcia was arrested by Drug Enforcement Administration agents at age 16 for transporting methamphetamine, leading to a two-year prison term. He was deported to Mexico in 1994.
Ana.
According to the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles, Jorge Arroyo-Garcia, 30, was turned over to the U.S. Marshals Service so he can be tried in connection with the slaying of Deputy David March, who was fatally shot on April 29, 2002, during a traffic stop in Irwindale.
The Department of Justice says Arroyo-Garcia is also known as Armando "Chato" Garcia.
Arroyo-Garcia, considered one of the U.S. Marshals Service's 10 most-wanted fugitives, was arrested in Tonala, Jalisco, on Feb. 23, 2006.
District Attorney Steve Cooley had agreed not to seek the death penalty in order to have Arroyo-Garcia extradited from Mexico, which traditionally refused to extradite murder suspects who face the death penalty in the United States.
According to sheriff's deputies, March, 33, was shot after he pulled over a black Nissan Maxima near Live Oak Avenue and Peck Road about 10:30 a.m. April 29, 2002. The driver got out and shot the deputy several times, then fled in the Nissan.
March, a seven-year department veteran, lived in Santa Clarita with wife, Teresa Lee March, and her daughter, Kayla.
The car the killer had been driving was found two days later by Baldwin Park police, but Arroyo-Garcia fled to Mexico.
Arroyo-Garcia was also wanted by Baldwin Park police in connection with two attempted murders in that city in November 2001, and by El Monte police on a no- bail warrant for weapons violations, according to the Sheriff's Department.
According to the Mexican consulate, Arroyo-Garcia was arrested by Drug Enforcement Administration agents at age 16 for transporting methamphetamine, leading to a two-year prison term. He was deported to Mexico in 1994.