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A man wanted in connection with the 1991 killing of his wife was extradited earlier this month from Costa Rica, putting an end to his more than three decades on the run, officials said in a news conference Monday.
A man who has been accused of playing a role in the 1991 killing of his wife was extradited earlier this month from Costa Rica, ending his more than three decades on the run, said the US police, on Monday (Jan 22). In 2022, the man suspected of his wife’s murder, Jose Lazaro Cruz, 60, was arrested in Costa Rica and brought back to Fairfax County, Virginia, earlier this month, ending the 32-year-old case.
Police said that detectives worked the case for years, traveling to El Salvador in the 1990s to gather information that eventually helped secure his arrest.
A man who fled the country after he was charged with the murder of his estranged wife more than 30 years ago is now behind bars in northern Virginia and awaiting trial.
Long-time fugitive Jose Lazaro Cruz has been extradited from Costa Rica to the US to face murder charges for the 1991 stabbing death of his wife, Ana Jurado, in Northern Virginia.