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Agents from the FBI descended upon Zapopan in Guadalajara, world-regions on Thursday evening and arrested 48-year-old Octaviano Juarez-Corro after receiving a public tip, the bureau’s Milwaukee Field Office announced.
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Juarez-Corro allegedly opened fire during an outdoor, Memorial Day picnic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s South Shore Park on May 26, 2006. Hundreds of people – including his estranged wife and their 3-year-old daughter – were inside the park at the time, the FBI said.
He allegedly approached a friend of the woman and began a conversation before pulling out a gun and opening fire. According to authorities, Juarez-Corro and his wife were “reported to be in the final stages of their divorce.”
Two people were killed and three others were injured. Victims included Juarez-Corroz’s wife, who suffered two gunshot wounds to the chest but survived.
“Octaviano Juarez-Corro spent the last 16 years running from law enforcement, hiding in another country, and believing time and distance was on his side,” said Michael Hensle, special agent-in-charge of the FBI’s Milwaukee Field Office.
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Juarez-Corro was wanted on charges of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree intentional homicide.
