Top 15 Most Wanted fugitive captured in Mexico 4 years after allegedly killing 6-week-old child

COHOES, N.Y. (TCD) — A person on the 15 Most Wished Fugitives checklist for allegedly killing an toddler was captured in Mexico Metropolis after a number of years on the run.

The U.S. Marshals Service introduced Friday, Jan. 26, that Anthony Ojeda, additionally recognized below the alias Erik Jonathan Donas-Ojeda, was apprehended alongside his husband, Neil Garzon, on Jan. 24. The 2 males had been lacking and wished for 2 years. Garzon has already returned to the USA, whereas Ojeda will stay in custody in Mexico for a proper extradition course of.

On Dec. 3, 2019, the Cohoes Police Division and different emergency personnel responded to Ojeda’s house after studying his 6-week-old son was unresponsive. The toddler was transported to a close-by hospital, the place he died. The boy, who was recognized as Eli Ojeda, died from acute methamphetamine toxicity and bodily trauma. The U.S. Marshals mentioned Anthony Ojeda was the kid’s father.

Ojeda was charged in Cohoes with second-degree manslaughter and second-degree assault, however then the Albany County District Legal professional’s Workplace indicted him on costs of second-degree homicide, second-degree manslaughter, and endangering the welfare of a kid. Garzon was charged with endangering the welfare of a kid.

Ojeda failed to indicate as much as his Aug. 24, 2021, courtroom date and “made no notifications to the courtroom relating to his absence.”

U.S. Marshals mentioned of their assertion the 2 males “fled the world collectively to keep away from prosecution.”

Mexico arrested Ojeda with help from the U.S. Marshals Mexico Overseas Subject Workplace and the Northern District of New York. CDMX Secretaria de Seguridad Ciudadana Police and Fiscalia del Estado de Mexico took Garzon into custody.

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