U.S. Marshals in Connecticut Arrest Ecuador Most Wanted

New Haven, CT – The U.S. Marshals District of Connecticut Violent Fugitive Task Force on Tuesday arrested in Oxford a man for being in violation of U.S. immigration law and he is wanted in connection with a 2011 homicide in Ecuador.

Richard Cabrera, aka Ricardo Dionicio Cabrera-Erreyes, 50, is accused of fatally stabbing a woman in Loja, Ecuador, on Nov. 24, 2011, and Ecuadoran authorities charged him with femicide. INTERPOL issued a Red Notice on Cabrera for homicide following the attack.

Recent evidence surfaced through international cooperation between Ecuador and the U.S. Marshals Service, with the support of INTERPOL Washington, and Cabrera was eventually located in Connecticut where he had been living under an assumed identity.

U.S Marshals confirmed Cabrera entered the United States without legal documentation and had been residing in the country unlawfully for several years. He is currently in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody pending immigration removal proceedings.

Since the inception of the U.S. Marshals – Connecticut Violent Fugitive Task Force in 1999, these partnerships have resulted in over 11,046 arrests. The task force’s objective is to seek out and arrest violent fugitives and sexual predators. Membership agencies include Hartford, Bridgeport, Norwalk, Naugatuck and Waterbury Police Departments and Homeland Security Investigations. These arrests have ranged in seriousness from murder, assault, unregistered sex offenders, probation and parole violations and numerous other serious offenses. Nationally the U.S. Marshals Service fugitive programs are carried out with local law enforcement in 94 district offices, 85 local fugitive task forces, eight regional task forces, as well as a growing network of offices in foreign countries.