The FBI believes a personal grudge led Villarreal-Hernandez to want his victim in Texas dead.
Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez was arrested in Mexico City south of the border Saturday, according to Mexican prosecutors. Also known as “El Gato,” Villarreal-Hernandez is wanted for his alleged involvement in the murder-for-hire plot of a 43-year-old Texas man from May 2013, according to US federal authorities.
He allegedly has held leadership position in the Beltran Leyva drug-tracking ring in Mexico, accordingThe federal agency was offering $1 million reward for information that led to the capture of one of the bureau’s top ten most wanted fugitives.
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