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San Juan.- The United States Marshals Service announced this Wednesday the extradition from the Dominican Republic of Francisco Alberto Cedeño Amparo, a convicted murderer sentenced to 114 years in prison who escaped from Puerto Rico.
Cedeño Amparo will be transferred to Puerto Rico to serve the remainder of his sentence, according to the statement from the U.S. Marshals Service.
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The man was sentenced in the First Instance Court of San Juan for the fatal stabbing of a man and the attempted murder of a woman during an incident that occurred on December 12, 2008. The day of his sentencing, he escaped while being transferred to the court and fled to the Dominican Republic. In 2016, the Violent Criminal Task Force of the U.S. Marshals Service in Puerto Rico assumed responsibility for the case and, in close coordination with the Dominican authorities, located and arrested Cedeño Amparo. Court records reveal that, prior to his conviction, Cedeño Amparo had fled justice after being released on a $1.5 million bail.
