ALBANY, N.Y. ( NEWS10 ) – Anthony Ojeda, aka Erik Jonathan Donas-Ojeda, 42, has been apprehended in Mexico. Ojeda is wanted in connection with the murder of an infant in New York in 2019 and is listed as one of the U.S. Marshals 15 Most Wanted fugitives.
Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox!
Ojeda and his husband, Neil Garzon, both face charges in New York but reportedly fled the country to avoid prosecution. Garzon was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and hindering prosecution. Ojeda was charged with second-degree murder after his 6-week-old son was found unresponsive in an apartment by Cohoes Police on December 3, 2019.
The child, Eli Ojeda, died at the hospital. An autopsy determined Ojeda died of acute methamphetamine toxicity and physical trauma.
INTERPOL-Mexico arrested Ojeda in Mexico City on January 24, 2024. CDMX Secretaria de Seguridad Ciudadana Police and Fiscalia del Estado de Mexico arrested his husband, Neil Garzon. The agencies conducted the arrests with the support of U.S. Marshals from the Mexico Foreign Field Office and the Northern District of New York.