Officials with the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office say a man wanted in connection with a 12-year-old crime has been returned to Arizona.
According to a statement issued on June 8, officials announced Antonio Cordero’s extradition.
Cordero was wanted in relation to a 2014 child molestation investigation. Officials did not go into detail about the nature of the suspected crime in their statement.
According to CCSO, they learned of Cordero’s movements on May 6, when the US Marshals Service informed them that he was aboard an aircraft heading for Panama.
“Detectives from the Sheriff’s Office immediately coordinated with the U.S. Marshals Service to request that Panamanian authorities detain Cordero upon his arrival and begin the extradition process,” read a portion of CCSO’s statement. “Panamanian officials took Cordero into custody as soon as he exited the aircraft and held him while the United States Marshals Service and the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office completed the necessary extradition procedures.”
According to CCSO officials, on June 3, U.S. Marshals apprehended Cordero in Panama and transported him back to Arizona. Cordero was taken into arrest by the CCSO upon his arrival in the state.
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