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U.S. Marshals 15 Most Wanted Fugitive EdwardSalas Arrested in Mexico  EdwardSalas, Apprehended
Washington – U.S. Marshals Service 15 Most Wanted fugitiveEdward Salas was arrested today in Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, Mexico, by thePolicia Federal Ministerial in coordination with the U.S. Marshals Service.
“ManyNew Mexico communities will breathe a sigh of relief because fugitive Salas, achild killer, will no longer outrun the justice that is long awaited,” saidConrad E. Candelaria, U.S. Marshal for the District of New Mexico. “On behalfof the Marshals Service I extend heartfelt and sincere condolences to thefamily, friends and loved ones impacted by the horrible crime committed bySalas and other accomplices. This is another example of the extraordinaryefforts by the Marshals Service, in partnership with many law enforcementagencies efforts to pursue those fugitives who strike at the core of ourcommunities.”
Salaswas taken into custody based upon the issuance of a Provisional Arrest Requestfrom the United States, which seeks his extradition to New Mexico. The U.S. MarshalsService worked closely with the Department of Justice Office of InternationalAffairs and the Curry County (NM) District Attorneys Office.
Salaswas added to the Marshals 15 Most Wanted fugitive list in December 2011. Aconvicted child killer, Salas escaped from the Curry County Detention Center inClovis, New Mexico, in August 2008, and had been on the lam ever since. At thetime of his escape, he was serving a life sentence plus 56 years for his rolein the murder of 10-year-old Carlos Perez. “
TheU.S. Marshals employed every available resource to track down Salas, so we canreturn him to his prison cell where he will serve the remainder of hissentence,” said David Harlow, Assistant Director for Investigative Operations.“I thank the Mexican authorities for their invaluable cooperation andassistance on bringing this fugitive to justice.”
OnSept. 15, 2005, Salas, along with his brothers Orlando Salas and Demetrio Salasand two other individuals, planned to murder Ruben Perez during the night, reportedlyin retaliation for an argument that occurred earlier that day at the ClovisHigh School. Instead they killed his brother, Carlos, who was sleeping in thesame bedroom. The child died just one day before his 11th birthday.
Afterhis escape nearly three years into his prison term, Salas made his way toFriona, Texas, where he stayed under the radar until Nov. 27, 2008, when he wasspooked from his hideout by law enforcement activity in the area.
Salasis the second 15 Most Wanted fugitive apprehended in Mexico in the past threemonths. In July, Vincent Legrend Walters was apprehended in Cancun, Mexico,after being on the Marshals most wanted list for nearly 24 years.
Anotherinternational fugitive, Noe Torres, was also arrested in Mexico earlier thisyear in Mexico. Torres is also charged with the same 2005 murder of 10-year-oldCarlos Perez as Salas. In 2005, Torres fled Clovis prior to prosecution andremained on the run for nearly six years. Torres was taken into custody inChihuahua, Mexico, outside of a religious compound in the first week of Januaryand extradited to the United States in July.