U.S. Border Patrol Apprehends Suspect Wanted for DC Homicide

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Members of the U.S. Border Patrol in Douglas, Az., apprehended a suspect wanted in reference to a March homicide.

At approximately 8:50 p.m., police responded to the 1500 block of Ogden Street, NW due to reports of an unconscious person, according to a press release. Police found 38-year-old Ramon Gomez-Yanez on the sidewalk and pronounced him dead. After an autopsy, the cause of death was ruled to be blunt force trauma. 

Alvin Cruz-Garcia, 24, was wanted on a DC Superior Court arrest warrant for second-degree murder in Gomez-Yanez’s death. He was apprehended on May 13. He is going through the extradition process,