A homicide suspect accused of a deadly shooting in San Pablo has been arrested after nearly a year on the run, officials said.
San Pablo police announced Thursday that Juan Vargas, a 26-year-old San Pablo resident, was located and taken into custody in Mexico on January 11 following more than nine months of investigation. Authorities say Vargas had eluded capture while detectives worked across multiple jurisdictions to track him down.
After his arrest, Vargas was extradited to the United States and booked into the Martinez Detention Facility in Contra Costa County on January 13 on a Ramey arrest warrant for first-degree murder, police said…