17-04-2025
When could Tabatha Tozzi's boyfriend return to Las Vegas to face charges in her murder?
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The arrest in Mexico of Oswaldo 'Nate' Perez-Sanchez, 32, the man accused of killing his girlfriend in Las Vegas in 2023, sets off a complicated extradition process that has no promises of his return to the United States.
Perez-Sanchez is accused of shooting Tabatha Tozzi, 26, on April 22, 2023, outside a west valley home near Alta Drive and Cimarron Road. She died from her injuries two days later.
Police in Mexico arrested Perez-Sanchez in Sonora, a state in Northern Mexico, on Tuesday as part of an investigation into another woman's murder earlier this month, officials said. Perez-Sanchez was going by the name 'Jorge 'N,' according to local police.
The 8 News Now Investigators first reported news of Perez-Sanchez's arrest Tuesday evening. Perez-Sanchez is a Mexican citizen, which further complicates his extradition.
A United States treaty with Mexico dictates how the extradition process works. According to federal documents, the treaty calls for criminals arrested in Mexico, should they be convicted in the U.S., not to face the death penalty or a life sentence.
While Nevada has the death penalty, the state has not put a convicted murderer to death since 2006. Judges can sentence convicted murderers to lengthy prison sentences with the possibility of parole.
Because Perez-Sanchez faces a murder-related charge in Mexico, his criminal proceedings involving Tozzi's death may fall to the back burner.
A news release from FGJE Sonora, the police agency that arrested Perez-Sanchez, indicates he faces a charge of femicide — the killing of a woman. The specific charge carries harsher sentences of up to decades in prison. Mexico does not have the death penalty.
Last summer, Mexican police arrested Erick Rangel-Ibarra for the 2020 murder of Lesly Palacio, 22. Over the years, Las Vegas Metro police and the FBI have worked with international partners, including Interpol, to locate Rangel-Ibarra.
The extradition process also includes a defendant's right to have a Mexican judge review the U.S.-based case.
Nearly a year since his arrest, Rangel-Ibarra remained in Mexico awaiting extradition to the U.S.
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