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Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes, Murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent, Arizona 2010
Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes, one of the seven defendants charged in the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, was taken into custody by Mexican authorities in Chihuahua, Mexico on Wednesday.
Osorio-Arellanes is charged with participating in the murder of Agent Terry, who was killed on Dec. 14, 2010. The arrest comes after a provisional arrest warrant was issued at the request of the United States. The defendant will be transported to Mexico City for extradition proceedings.
This marks the sixth arrest in the case, with five of the seven defendants already in custody. Ivan Soto-Barraza and Jesus Lionel Sanchez-Meza were arrested in Mexico and subsequently extradited to the United States in 2014, where they were convicted of first-degree murder and other offenses and sentenced to life in prison.
Manuel Osorio-Arellanes and Rosario Rafael Burboa-Alvarez pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, with Osorio-Arellanes sentenced to 360 months in prison and Burboa-Alvarez sentenced to 324 months. Rito Osorio-Arellanes pleaded guilty to conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery and was sentenced to 96 months in prison.
‘Agent Terry gave his life protecting our country,’ said Acting U.S. Attorney Alana W. Robinson for the Southern District of California. ‘While we cannot reverse this tragedy, we will not stop until justice is complete in this case.’
The case is being prosecuted by attorneys from the Southern District of California, with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona recused. The case was investigated by the FBI, with significant assistance provided by the Mexican Navy (SEMAR), Mexico’s Office of the Attorney General (PGR), FBI, U.S. Marshals Service and U.S. Border Patrol.
Key Facts
- State: Federal
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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