The final suspect wanted and charged in connection with the 2008 killing of an off-duty Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy was captured in Mexico and transferred back to the United States this week, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Deputy Juan Abel Escalante, 27, was shot and killed on Aug. 2, 2008 at around 5:40 a.m. outside of his home while he was preparing to leave for work at the Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles. At the time, Escalante had been a deputy for more than two years.
Though investigators were able to quickly track down five others who they said ambushed Escalante, Roberto Salazar, 38, was able to flee to Mexico, where he “evaded capture for 17 years,” deputies said. Authorities believe that he was a passenger in the suspect’s car on the day of the shooting…