Mexican authorities extradited a man wanted on suspicion of sexual assault in South Tucson.
The U.S. Marshals Service said the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office took Armando Inigo Aguilar, 61, into custody Saturday. An arrest warrant was issued Dec. 30 in Pima County for Aguilar’s arrest on suspicion of sexually assaulting a mentally disabled female 15 years of age or older in December 2014, the U.S. Marshals office in Tucson said in a news release Sunday. The warrant also accused Aguilar of violating sex offender registration requirements.
After an investigation by South Tucson police, Aguilar was charged with six counts of sexual assault and fled to Mexico to avoid prosecution, the news release said.
U.S. Marshals worked with authorities in Mexico and determined Aguilar was working as a security officer under an assumed identity in Hermosillo, Sonora, the news release said. Mexican authorities arrested Aguilar on March 4 and deported him the following day through Nogales. He is being held in Santa Cruz County pending his transfer to Pima County.
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Aguilar was paroled from Arizona state prison in March 2014 after serving a 15-year term for kidnapping and attempting to commit sexual assault, the news release said.
