Fugitive wanted in EP murder captured in downtown Juárez

El Paso Times
By Daniel Borunda

A man wanted in connection with a fatal roadway shooting last year in West El Paso was captured in Juárez on Thursday but not before putting up a fight, officials said.

Raul Ceballos, 24, was sought on a murder warrant in the vehicle-to-vehicle shooting of Guillermo Gonzalez, 48, on North Resler Drive on Jan. 11, 2005.

Ceballos was caught in downtown Juárez by the Chihuahua state anti-fugitive unit known as the Gesaf Group, state authorities said. He allegedly resisted arrest, tried to take an agent's weapon and ran for several feet with his feet and hands shackled.

El Paso police spokeswoman Detective Elizabeth Molina confirmed that Ceballos was in custody in Juárez after a cross-border effort including the U.S. Marshals Service.

Chihuahua prosecutors alleged that Ceballos said he killed Gonzalez because he and his brother wouldn't pay Ceballos money in a drug deal. He was turned over to agents of Mexico's Federal Investigation Agency, known as AFI.

Gonzalez, of Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, was shot when a Chevrolet Avalanche pulled up and someone fired several times as Gonzalez sat in the front passenger seat of a Ford Explorer traveling on North Resler Drive, according to complaint affidavits acquired by the El Paso Times.