Alder Marin-Sotelo, escaped Virginia inmate accused of killing deputy, captured in Mexico

A person who escaped from a Virginia jail this week after being charged within the 2022 killing of a North Carolina sheriff’s deputy was captured in Mexico Thursday, the FBI mentioned.

Alder Marin-Sotelo, 26, was one in every of two inmates who escaped from Piedmont Regional Jail in Farmville Sunday. He was taken into custody Thursday afternoon by Mexican authorities within the state of Guerrero, in southwestern Mexico, the FBI in Charlotte, North Carolina, mentioned in a put up on Twitter.

Officers didn’t instantly launch any particulars on how he was captured. The investigation into Marin-Sotelo’s precise actions since his escape is ongoing, based on the company.

“We will breathe slightly bit simpler figuring out that the one that was chargeable for the dying of a fallen officer is in custody,” Wake County Sheriff Willie Rowe instructed CBS affiliate WNCN.  

Marin-Sotelo escaped from the jail at about 1 a.m. on Sunday and left in a pink or burgundy Ford Mustang, FBI officers mentioned. Brokers are nonetheless attempting to find the automotive, the FBI mentioned on Thursday.

The opposite escapee, Bruce Callahan, who was being held on drug prices, left the jail later that day, jail officers mentioned. The jail superintendent mentioned guards did not discover the inmates had been lacking till about 26 hours after Marin-Sotelo escaped. Authorities haven’t mentioned whether or not the 2 escapes are associated. Jerry Townsend, superintendent of the jail, instructed WNCN that officers imagine the inmates “manipulated the locking mechanism on the rear exit door” and escaped.

Marin-Sotelo was charged with homicide within the August 2022 killing of a North Carolina sheriff’s deputy, who was shot whereas on obligation after he stopped alongside a darkish stretch of highway late at night time. Ned Byrd was discovered useless exterior his automobile together with his police canine nonetheless inside. Marin-Sotelo’s brother, Arturo Marin-Sotelo, was additionally charged with homicide in Byrd’s killing.

Each Marin-Sotelo and Callahan had been federal detainees with no affiliations to the world or native prices, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.

After he escaped, the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service provided a mixed $70,000 reward for data resulting in the arrest and conviction of Marin-Sotelo.

Byrd’s uncle Walter Penney instructed WNCN the household was relieved by the information of Marin-Sotelo’s arrest.

“I am simply glad the household can breathe now ‘trigger we had been holding our breath,” Penney mentioned. “It was only a rollercoaster experience all week, attempting to determine how might this occur.”