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Mexican national sent back to L.A. to face murder charge in 2013 road-rage slaying
A Mexican National who was on the run for more than a decade is back in Los Angeles to face murder charges in connection with a 2013 slaying in the Arleta neighborhood, the FBI announced Tuesday.
Luis Alberto Gutierrez Tejeda, 33, was arrested last year in Guadalajara, Mexico, and was awaiting formal extradition to the United States until arriving in Los Angeles on Friday, a news release from the FBI stated.
Tejeda, a San Fernando Valley gang member known as 'Green Eyes' whose last known U.S. address was in Sylmar, was wanted for allegedly shooting a man to death during a July 2013 road rage incident.
Originally identified only as Luis Alberto Gutierrez during the initial investigation, Tejada had worked at a North Hollywood business and began 'acting aloof' and changing his appearance in the days after the shooting, his employer told police at the time. Investigators said he then abandoned his job and had been 'on the run ever since.'
The FBI's Fugitive Task Force was asked to assist in locating and apprehending Tejada once it was known he had fled the U.S.
After more than ten years on the run, Tejada was taken into custody by Mexican authorities in October 2024.
In May, the Fugitive Task Force was notified that Gutierrez Tejada would be turned over to American authorities on May 30.
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