San Diego, California – A convicted murderer who escaped from custody in Central California last year was arrested Thursday night in Tijuana , ending a months-long international manhunt that turned deadly.
César Moisés Hernández, 35, had been serving an 80-years-to-life sentence for a 2019 first-degree murder in Los Angeles County when he escaped U.S. custody in December. He had been transported to the Kern County Superior Courthouse in Delano for a court appearance but managed to flee shortly after arrival.
After months on the run, Hernández was captured by Mexico’s State Investigation Agency in the Lomas de Matamoros neighborhood of Tijuana, Baja California prosecutors confirmed. Video footage from local news site Punto Norte showed him being transferred to a Tijuana prison shortly after midnight Friday…