Three suspects will be extradited to Puerto Rico and charged with the 2012 murder of boxing legend Hector “Macho” Camacho – all facing life in prison if found guilty.
- Three men are expected to be formally charged by Puerto Rican authorities in the 2012 murders of boxing greats Héctor “Macho” Camacho and Adrián Mojica.
- Jesús Naranjo, Joshua Mendez and an unnamed third suspect were held in prisons on the US mainland and arrived in Puerto Rico on Tuesday.
- A law enforcement official told that the three men are due to appear before a judge on Wednesday.
- Mojica was sitting in the driver’s seat of his car on November 20, 2012 when he and Camacho were shot at in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
- Mojica was pronounced dead on the spot, while Camacho died four days later in a San Juan hospital.
- Naranjo and Mendez were detained by authorities the day after the shooting and questioned, but they were never charged after the witness refused to cooperate.
At least three men under federal arrest will reportedly be charged with the 2012 murder of Puerto Rican boxing legend Hector “Macho” Camacho.
A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to that the defendants were extradited from the US mainland to a Caribbean island on Tuesday.
All three suspects will appear in court on Wednesday.
El Nuevo Día and Univision Tele Once identified the two defendants as Jesus Naranjo and Joshua Mendez. The name of the third suspect is unknown.
Camacho was shot in the face while sitting in a car in Bayamón, Puerto Rico on November 20, 2012, and died four days later in a San Juan hospital after being taken off life support.
Jesus Naranjo (left) and Joshua Mendez (right) are two of three suspects expected to be charged in the November 2012 murders of tri-division boxing champion Hector “Macho” Camacho and Adrian Mojica. The two suspects are currently being held in federal prisons in the US mainland.
Puerto Rican authorities say they are close to solving the November 2012 murder of Puerto Rican boxing great Hector “Macho” Camacho. Three suspects allegedly involved in the murder of Camacho and his childhood friend Adrian Mojica were extradited to the Caribbean island on Tuesday. They are expected to appear in court on Wednesday, a law enforcement official told .
The tri-division champion was sitting on the passenger side of a parked car driven by his childhood friend Adrian Mojica when they were both shot at. Mojica was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities say Mojica was the intended target of the assailants, who were hired to steal several kilos of cocaine from his car and also kill him.
Naranjo and Mendez were taken into custody by the authorities a few days after the murder.
They were allegedly seen riding in a car that was seen near the scene of the shooting.
Former world boxing champion Hector “Macho” Camacho is rushed by paramedics to a medical facility in San Juan, Puerto Rico on November 20, 2012.
Jesus Naranjo has been in prison since August 2017, when he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the July 2016 kidnapping of his ex-girlfriend and her son.
Hector “Macho” Camacho (right) stabs Julio Cesar Chavez during their main event on September 12, 1992 in Las Vegas.
The Bayamón District Attorney’s office did not file charges against the men, El Vocero reported, because the witness refused to cooperate and moved from the Caribbean island to Maryland.
Now, however, a witness has stepped forward to help solve Camacho’s murder, a law enforcement agent told .
In August 2017, Naranjo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the July 2016 kidnapping of his ex-girlfriend and her son.
Mendez has been under federal arrest since January 2018 on drug and arms trafficking charges.