Wanted WA couple arrested in Mexico, extradited to the United States
By Dan Thesman on Friday, November 10th, 2023 in Columbia Basin News More Top Stories
RICHLAND, Washington – Deputies representing the Eastern District of Washington successfully completed their extradition mission Tuesday of the first fugitive couple on the U.S. Marshals 15 Most Wanted list.
The fugitives, Edgar Salvador Casian-Garcia, 35, and his girlfriend, Araceli Medina 39, were elevated to the U.S. Marshals 15 Most Wanted list on February 15, 2023. The fugitive couple was previously charged in Franklin County, Washington, with aggravated murder of a child, rape in the first degree of another child, and three counts of assault of a child in the first degree.
Information developed by Eastern District of Washington deputies and the coordinated efforts of foreign and domestic law enforcement agencies, most notably the Pasco Police Department, led to the couple’s arrest in Mexico on March 22, 2023, at the request of the United States.
The Justice Department’s Office of Internal Affairs worked to secure the arrest and extradition from Mexico of Casian-Garcia and Medina. Within the past few months, Eastern District of Washington deputies coordinated with the international law enforcement community to apprehend Medina and Casian-Garcia to answer for their charges. The Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office is handling the prosecution.
