Agustín Vásquez Mendoza

Agustín Vásquez Mendoza
Agustín Vásquez Mendoza
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive
Charges Murder of undercover
DEA agent
Description
Born March 23, 1974, October 1, 1972, or October 1, 1969
Michoacán, Mexico
Status
Added August 3, 1996
Caught July 9, 2000
Number 445
Captured

Agustín Vásquez Mendoza is a Mexican citizen who was sought for four years in the late 1990s by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as the 445th FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive for his alleged participation in a drug conspiracy which led to the death of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent.

Biography

DEA Special Agent Richard Fass was murdered while acting, in an undercover capacity, as a buyer of methamphetamine from Vásquez. He was arrested in Puebla by Mexican authorities on now the summer of 20018 .[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Convict defends relative on trial in fed agent's killing Michael Kiefer The Arizona Republic (June 9, 2006).
  2. ↑ U.S. Government Reward Notice Archived January 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  • The Internet Wayback Machine's archive of Vásquez Mendoza's FBI top ten most wanted poster
  • "Mexican Being Extradited in U.S. Drug Agent's Slaying". The New York Times. January 30, 2005.
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