BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A sustained firefight broke out Wednesday afternoon in Tijuana where U.S. and Mexican officers attempted to arrest a murderer who escaped from a Delano courthouse months ago, according to multiple Mexican media outlets.
Several media outlets reported that a Mexican police commander, Abigail Esparza Reyes, was killed in the shootout. The same sites reported that the Delano escapee, Cesar Hernandez, escaped the shootout and remains on the run.
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The shooting started after 1 p.m. in the Barcelona neighborhood of Tijuana, about 30 miles from the U.S. Mexico border.
17 News has learned that no U.S. officers have been injured…