Guatemala City
Guatemalan police this Friday arrested a person whose extradition is demanded by the United States for a murder, informed the institution’s spokesman, Edwin Monroy.
The prisoner, identified as Saúl David Moro Ramírez, 37, was captured by agents from the Transnational Anti-Gang Center (CAT) in the town of Morales, in the north-east of the country.
Moro Ramírez “is being wanted by US authorities for a crime he allegedly committed in California in 2009,” he added.
According to Monroy, the warrant was issued on February 25.
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The detainee will be transferred to Guatemala City, where a court will decide whether to proceed with the extradition, he added.
“In 2009 he was charged by US authorities with participating in the death of a man in the state of California,” he explained while living there.
He stated that the arrest was coordinated between the US and Guatemala authorities.