A man wanted for his alleged involvement in a fatal shooting in Tacoma in 2010 was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mexico on Tuesday.
Andres Maurice Mendez was charged with second-degree murder in the Pierce County Superior Court in connection with the killing of Saul Lucas-Alfonso on March 25, 2010.
Police said Lucas-Alfonso was shot after confronting people, including Mendez, who were prowling a car. A warrant was issued for Mendez’s arrest.
On May 4, 2017, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Mendez after he was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
The FBI credited the Legal Attaché office in Mexico City, Mexico, Policía de Investigación del Delito de la Fiscalía General del Estado de Querétaro, the Instituto Nacional de Migracion (INM), the Guardia Nacional, and the Western District of Washington’s U.S. Attorney’s Office in coordinating the arrest of Mendez.
Mendez was deported to the United States, where he will be tried in the Pierce County Superior Court.