The FBI announced on February 4 that a suspect on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list was apprehended in Mexico after allegedly killing two people in a 2006 shooting spree in Wisconsin.
Octaviano Juarez-Corro, 48, has been on the run for 16 years after the shooting at a Memorial Day Weekend celebration in Milwaukee, WI, according to the FBI.
“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,” Michael Hensle, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Milwaukee Field Office, said. “The FBI has a long reach and extraordinary law enforcement partnerships across the globe. I commend the tireless efforts of all our partners from Milwaukee to Mexico in closely coordinating with the FBI in capturing this wanted fugitive and helping to bring this violent offender to justice, as well as closure to the victims and their families.”
Juarez-Corro and his estranged wife were reportedly fighting at the time of the shooting about his attendance at a family holiday picnic on Lake Michigan, where he insisted on seeing their 3-year-old daughter.
After his wife demanded that he leave, Juarez-Corro allegedly pulled out a gun and shot her, as well as four others. According to the FBI, Juarez-Corro’s wife survived two gunshots to the chest, but two others were killed, and two other persons were injured in the shooting.
On June 1, 2006, the Milwaukee County Circuit Court issued an arrest warrant charging him with first-degree homicide and attempted homicide.
Juarez-Corro allegedly fled to avoid prosecution and was charged with unlawful flight the next day.
According to the FBI, Juarez-Corro was apprehended in Mexico Thursday after being added to the FBI’s most-wanted list in September. He has not hired a lawyer, and it is unclear when he will be extradited to the United States, the organization said.
A reward of up to $100,000 had been offered in his case, though it is unclear if authorities were led to his arrest by a tip.