Agustín Vásquez Mendoza is a Mexican citizen who was sought for four years in the late 1990s by the

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(FBI) as the 445th FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive for his alleged participation in a drug conspiracy which led to the death of a U.S.

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(DEA) Special Agent. DEA agents believe that Agustin Vasquez Mendoza was helped to go on the run by one family member with a sur-name Prado Vazquez, from

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. When the detectives questioned the alleged family, they refused to release a statement regarding Agustin Vazquez Mendoza's whereabouts.

Biography

DEA Special Agent Richard E. Fass was murdered while acting, in an undercover capacity, as a buyer of methamphetamine from Vásquez. He was arrested in

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by Mexican authorities in the summer of 2000. In 2006, Mendoza was convicted of first degree murder in

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and sentenced to life in prison.

References

External links

FBI Most Wanted List
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vasquez Mendoza, Agustin 1974 births 1994 murders in the United States Fugitives Fugitives wanted on organised crime charges Living people Mexican people imprisoned abroad People convicted of murder by Arizona People extradited from Mexico to the United States People from Michoacán