""If you want to play hide and seek, know that we will find you, no matter what country you cower in," Police Chief Paul Joseph said in a statement. "Our relentless pursuit of dangerous and violent suspects is not defined by borders. There is no place on Earth a murderer can hide from San José Police.""
""We pursue violent offenders who believe they can run from justice and not be held accountable for their actions," said Chief Inspector Sean LoPiccolo, commander of the Marshals' task force. "The arrest of Uatesoni Paasi demonstrates the great relationship we share with the San Jose Police Department and our shared commitment to the relentless pursuit of justice.""
Uatesoni Joseph Paasi, 31, was arrested Nov. 22 in Rosarito, Mexico, by Mexican authorities cooperating with the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force. Paasi was extradited to the United States on Dec. 2 and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on a murder charge, awaiting further court proceedings. On June 4, 2021, officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 4100 block of The Woods Drive in South San Jose and found an adult male with at least one gunshot wound who was later pronounced dead. The victim's family identified Paasi as the shooter who fled after fatally shooting the victim in front of his family during an argument over a parking space. Detectives determined Paasi had left the U.S. and was hiding in Mexico, and the arrest followed four years of investigative work by three officers.
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