Fugitive Aurea Vazquez-Rijos Arrested in Madrid, Spain
| FBI San Juan June 30, 2013 |
SAN JUAN—Special Agent in Charge (SAC) in San Juan Carlos Cases and United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez announced today the arrest of Aurea Vazquez-Rijos. On June 30, 2013, the Spanish National Police (SNP) took fugitive Aurea Vazquez-Rijos into custody in Madrid, Spain. Vazquez-Rijos is wanted by the FBI San Juan Division in connection with the murder of her ex-husband, Adam Joel Anhang-Uster, who was killed September 22, 2005, in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
A federal grand jury indicted Vazquez-Rijos in 2008 for conspiracy involving the use of an interstate facility, that is, the telephone, and in committing the offense of murder for hire.
The arrest of Vazquez-Rijos is the result of a joint effort between the FBI Legal Attachés, United States Attorney’s Office District of Puerto Rico, Spanish National Police, Interpol, and the Department of Justice Office of International Affairs. The extradition process for a fugitive from Spain generally takes between six to nine months.