US fugitive who hired a hitman to murder his three brothers arrested

Agents of the National Police together with the FBI have arrested a fugitive at the Valencia Manises airport who was wanted by the US authorities for agreeing to the murder of his three brothers.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
25 January 2024 Thursday 21:25
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US fugitive who hired a hitman to murder his three brothers arrested

Agents of the National Police together with the FBI have arrested a fugitive at the Valencia Manises airport who was wanted by the US authorities for agreeing to the murder of his three brothers. The defendant allegedly paid an acquaintance with the aim of murdering his three brothers so that they would not testify against him in a pending judicial process. The hitman entered the family house where his brothers lived and as a result of a shootout, the fugitive's sister died instantly, while another of the brothers was extremely seriously injured in the head and the third suffered serious injuries to the face and knee.

In 2021, the man whom this fugitive paid, armed, entered the family home where the relatives lived through the garage. The father of the accused, after realizing the situation, went upstairs when the intruder began a shootout with a semi-automatic handgun (which was later identified as one of the weapons owned by the fugitive), hitting two of the suspects. brothers in the head and the third in the body. As a result of the shooting, the fugitive's 18-year-old sister died instantly from a gunshot wound to the head. The second brother was seriously injured in the head and the third suffered serious injuries to the face and knee.

The agents, because they could not find any information that would allow them to locate the fugitive, focused their strategy on his partner, who had recently traveled to the United States after giving birth to their child. As a result of the control exercised over it, it was learned that the couple would return to Spain bound for Valencia, stopping in Madrid, so surveillance devices were established at the airports of both cities in case the final destination was a strategy to evade the investigation. police.

Finally, the fugitive's wife arrived at the Valencia airport, where he was arrested while waiting to pick her up.