Alleged killers captured after shootout in Juárez

By Daniel Borunda / El Paso Times
Article Launched: 03/29/2007 12:00:00 AM MDT

Four alleged sicarios, or gunmen, were caught Tuesday night in Juárez after a vehicle chase and shootout with police following the killing of an alleged heroin dealer, Juárez and Chihuahua state police said.

Miguel Garcia Orrantia, 48, whom Juárez police described as a drug dealer, was shot and killed about 3 p.m. Tuesday at his home in the community of Caseta, east of Juárez across the Rio Grande from Fabens.

The events began hours earlier when the alleged gunmen's stolen car ran out of gas and they then stole a Nissan Armada a woman had left running outside a Juárez store, Chihuahua state investigators said.

The men, armed with handguns and an AR-15 assault rifle, decided to rob Garcia of drugs and money at his "store," according to statements the men made to investigators. Garcia pulled out a knife and was shot, authorities said.