Hackensack, NJ - The subject of an Interpol Red Notice,
wanted for a July 10, 2016, murder in the Dominican Republic was arrested
Thursday by U.S. Marshals and Immigrations & Customs Enforcement agents
with the New York/ New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force.
Kelbin Perez De Los Santos was being sought on an
international arrest warrant for fatally shooting a man with a shotgun in a
restaurant after a verbal altercation. The incident occurred in Los Girasoles
near the capital city of Santo Domingo. Perez De Los Santos is thought to have
fled the Dominican Republic shortly after the incident. The Interpol National
Central Bureau in Santo Domingo issued a Red Notice in August 2016 requesting
Perez De Los Santos’ arrest.
After receiving information from Interpol that Perez De Los Santos
could be in the U.S., the U.S. Marshals International Investigations Branch was
able to determine that the fugitive was likely residing in the Hackensack area,
and on Thursday, members of the U.S. Marshals New York/New Jersey Regional
Fugitive Task Force, along with ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations agents,
tracked Perez De Los Santos to an apartment where he was arrested on
immigration violations.
De Los Santos is currently being held in the custody of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is facing deportation back to the
Dominican Republic.
The U.S. Marshals Service is the primary agency within the
federal government responsible for locating and apprehending fugitives who are
wanted by foreign countries and who have been identified and located in the
United States. Cases are referred to the U.S. Marshals Service through Interpol
Washington (USNCB), the Department of Justice-Office of International Affairs
(DOJ-OIA), and through foreign embassies in the United States.
A component of the U.S. Department of Justice, Interpol
Washington is co-managed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. As the
designated representative to the International Criminal Police
Organization on behalf of the Attorney
General, Interpol Washington serves as the national point of contact for all
Interpol matters, coordinating international investigative efforts among member
countries and the more than 18,000 local, state, federal, and tribal law
enforcement agencies in the United States.
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