Mexico’s “Most Wanted” Arrested, Deported

Posted by P.M. Corn on Jun 16, 2007 • (0)

EL PASO — A man accused of leading a powerful and brutal Mexican kidnapping ring was handed to Mexican authorities Friday, two years after U.S. officials deported him without realizing he was wanted.

Abel Diaz Lucas, also known as Jorge Guevara-Perez and one of Mexico’s most-wanted men, was arrested in El Paso on Thursday after officers received a tip, said Patrick Berry, a Border Patrol spokesman.

Diaz, 49, has numerous nicknames, including “The Pig,” and Mexican authorities said his gang was notorious for cutting off the fingers and ears of kidnapping victims and sending them to their families with ransom demands.

Berry said Diaz was arrested after agents spotted him walking in an El Paso neighborhood where he was thought to be living.

It wasn’t clear when Diaz returned to the United States after his 2005 deportation, but he did enter the country illegally, said Berry, adding that U.S. officials were aware of his status this time because of improved cooperation with Mexican authorities.

Diaz was never charged with a crime in the United States, Berry said.

With his hands cuffed in front of him, Diaz was flanked by U.S. agents and Mexican federal officials as they walked across the international bridge near downtown El Paso.

His handcuffs were removed by U.S. agents, then Mexican authorities cuffed him, slipped a bulletproof vest on him and put him in an SUV with tinted windows.

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