Fugitive found in Guatemala sentenced to life in prison for 1991 murder

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WJAR) — Life on the run has turned to life in prison for Mario Rene Garcia Rivera.

In November, he was found guilty of stabbing and killing 28-year-old Ismael Jesus Recinos Garcia in Attleboro back in 1991.

It was a long time before justice was served because back then, the suspect Garcia Rivera, fled the county. In 2022, Massachusetts State Police found him in Guatemala on a shrimp farm under a different name…

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