Jorge Luis Martinez, a California native wanted in connection with the murder and torture of a police officer’s relative in the United States, was arrested in Mexico with the help of Jalisco police and the U.S. Marshals Service.
According to a release from the Jalisco Police Department, an operation conducted by the department in coordination with information provided by the U.S. Marshals Service led to Martinez’s capture.
Martinez had been wanted since September 2023, according to the release from Jalisco Police, in connection with the murder of a person whom he allegedly stabbed multiple times before disposing of the body. The wanted poster from the U.S. Marshals Service notes that Martinez has been wanted since November of 2023. Martinez was wanted out of Bakersfield in connection with the murder, torture, mutilation, robbery, and conspiracy against a police officer’s relative in the United States…