Top 15 Most Wanted fugitive captured in Mexico 4 years after allegedly killing 6-week-old child

COHOES, N.Y. (TCD) -- A man on the 15 Most Wanted Fugitives list for allegedly killing an infant was captured in Mexico City after several years on the run.

The U.S. Marshals Service announced Friday, Jan. 26, that Anthony Ojeda, also known under the alias Erik Jonathan Donas-Ojeda, was apprehended alongside his husband, Neil Garzon, on Jan. 24. The two men had been missing and wanted for two years. Garzon has already returned to the United States, while Ojeda will remain in custody in Mexico for a formal extradition process.

On Dec. 3, 2019, the Cohoes Police Department and other emergency personnel responded to Ojeda’s apartment after learning his 6-week-old son was unresponsive. The infant was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died. The boy, who was identified as Eli Ojeda, died from acute methamphetamine toxicity and physical trauma. The U.S. Marshals said Anthony Ojeda was the child’s father.

Ojeda was charged in Cohoes with second-degree manslaughter and second-degree assault, but then the Albany County District Attorney’s Office indicted him on charges of second-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter, and endangering the welfare of a child. Garzon was charged with endangering the welfare of a child.

Ojeda failed to show up to his Aug. 24, 2021, court date and "made no notifications to the court regarding his absence."

U.S. Marshals said in their statement the two men "fled the area together to avoid prosecution."

Mexico arrested Ojeda with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Mexico Foreign Field Office and the Northern District of New York. CDMX Secretaria de Seguridad Ciudadana Police and Fiscalia del Estado de Mexico took Garzon into custody.

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