5 youngsters had been rescued after the arrest of their mother and father in Mexico, who’ve been on the U.S. Marshals’ Most Needed Checklist after being on the run for nearly two years.
Edgar Salvador Casian-Garcia, 34, and his girlfriend, Araceli Medina, 38, are charged with homicide in addition to a number of little one intercourse abuse fees in Franklin County, Washington, the Nationwide Heart for Lacking and Exploited Youngsters mentioned Friday. The couple had been elevated to the Marshals’ 15 Most Needed in February, the primary time a pair had made the listing.
Two of Casian-Garcia’s daughters had been discovered deserted in Tijuana, Mexico, in late 2020, each allegedly exhibiting indicators of “extreme bodily and sexual abuse,” the Marshals service mentioned in February. The women had been 8-years-old and 3-years-old on the time.
Investigators mentioned they believed the couple had been abusing and trafficking their youngsters.
Casian-Garcia and Medina had been additionally wished for questioning within the homicide of the ladies’ 7-year-old brother, who was tortured to dying in Washington State. His physique was present in rural Washington in February 2022.
Casian-Garcia and Medina’s travels between when the ladies had been present in Mexico in 2020 and after they had been identified to have crossed the border in 2021 are unclear.
The couple crossed the border into Mexico in June 2021, which investigators imagine was an try to flee after the boy’s dying. The Marshals service mentioned they could have 5 youngsters with them, three of Medina’s youngsters from a earlier marriage and two youngsters Casian-Garcia shared with one other lady.
A reward as much as $25,000 for every Casian-Garcia and Medina was provided for suggestions that led to the couple’s seize.
John Bischoff, of the Nationwide Heart for Lacking and Exploited Youngsters, mentioned Friday that he was grateful the kids had been rescued.
“The crimes that Araceli Medina and Edgar Casian-Garcia are charged with are heinous and we commend the unwavering dedication of legislation enforcement,” Bischoff mentioned.
Casian-Garcia and Medina had been in custody in Mexico and are anticipated to be extradited to the U.S. to face prison proceedings, the middle mentioned.
They’re each charged with aggravated homicide within the first diploma, 4 counts of rape of a kid within the first diploma and three counts of assault of a kid within the first diploma in Franklin County, the Marshals mentioned in February. Courtroom data of their case weren’t instantly accessible.
The U.S. Marshals didn’t instantly reply to a request for extra info from NBC Information on Sunday.