A convicted child sex offender who spent more than nine years on the run has been captured in Mexico and brought back to Arizona.
The U.S. Marshals Service says 45-year-old Adalberto Rodriguez was arrested Tuesday in Jalisco, Mexico, and is now in the Pima County jail waiting to be sentenced. Authorities say he faces a minimum of 50 years in prison.
Officials say Rodriguez failed to appear for a court hearing in April 2017, which then led to a warrant for his arrest. In August 2023, he was found guilty in absentia of sexual conduct, indecent exposure and continuous sexual abuse of a family member who was under the age of 12 at the time.
Investigators say they found Rodriguez in Mexico, where he was performing in a band and was associated with a music school offering lessons to elementary school students.
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