January 8, 2020
Man Suspected in 2018 Double Murder & Related Violent Crimes Arrested in Mexico, Extradited to Los Angeles County
LOS ANGELES—A man wanted for his alleged involvement in the 2018 murder of his pregnant wife in the city of El Monte was extradited from Mexico to Los Angeles last Friday, announced Paul Delacourt, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, and Alex Villanueva, the Sheriff of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Octavio Curiel-Martinez, 37, a Mexican national, is suspected in the murders and related violent crimes. The victims, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds, were discovered at an El Monte residence on August 29, 2018, and were pronounced dead at a hospital later that evening.
Based on an investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and the El Monte Police Department, Curiel-Martinez was charged in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, with murder (two counts); attempted murder; assault with a firearm (two counts); shooting at an inhabited dwelling or occupied car; corporal injury to spouse (two counts); assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury; felony child endangerment (two counts); and misdemeanor child endangerment (six counts). A state warrant was issued for his arrest on September 5, 2018.
https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/losangeles/news/press-releases/man-suspected-in-2018-double-murder--related-violent-crimes-arrested-in-mexico-extradited-to-los-angeles-county
