American Suspect Wanted for 1991 Murder Found in Guatemala Operating a Shrimp Farm

An American suspect wanted for a 1991 murder was found in Guatemala working on a shrimp farm, according to Massachusetts state police.

In a news release Wednesday, police said Mario Garcia was found living under an alias and had been operating the farm in Iztapa, Guatemala.

Massachusetts State Police Col. Christopher Mason noted that locating Garcia resulted from relationships with local, federal, and international law enforcement partners.

The state police's Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section developed information in 2014 that Garcia had likely fled to a remote area of Guatemala, his native home.

He was added to the state police's Most Wanted Fugitives list by 2021. A detective who worked on the investigation got information that Garcia might be in Guatemala, running a shrimp farm.

U.S. Marshals Service then received the information and worked with the Operations for Central America and the U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Overseas Criminal Investigations Unit in Guatemala.

Other law enforcement agencies also involved in finding Garcia were the Department of State and the Guatemalan Federal Police Force.

American Suspect Mario Garcia Wanted for 1991 Murder

Mario Garcia is accused of killing a man in a fight at Dean and Bank Streets in Attleboro, Massachusetts, on November 16, 1991. The victim was identified to be Ismael-Recinos Garcia.

Attleboro Police and state troopers named Garcia as the suspected attacker and got a warrant for his arrest. In the wanted list of the state, Garcia was described as a 5-foot-4-inch man, weighing around 120 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes.

Law enforcement officials said Garcia is a native of Guatemala. However, his connections reach Connecticut, Georgia, and Utah.

Some of the aliases that he had used include Rene Augusto Rivera, Mario Rene Garcia Rivera, and Mario Robles, according to police. Police said Garcia and his victim were friends but not related. Garcia was 19 when he fled and could not be found.

Ismael-Recinos Garcia's daughter, Delia Recinos, was just three when her 28-year-old father was stabbed to death. Delia does not remember much about her father except his funeral.

She said she always thought that her father would return and would tell them that he really did not die. Delia and her family left Attleboro in 2003 and moved to Georgia.

American Suspect in Guatemala

Mario Garcia is currently facing extradition to the United States. Police said he will be arraigned, but it was unclear if he had an attorney to speak about his arrest.

Police noted that the now 50-year-old suspect had attempted to escape by jumping into the water. However, officials arrested him in the end. Mason said in the news release that they do not forget and never stop to secure justice for victims.

Delia said they were left without a father by the people who helped Garcia escape, adding that those who aided the suspect had enabled the man "to live free for 31 years."

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Written by: Mary Webber

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