"A Brooklyn man wanted in connection with a 2025 fatal shooting in New Jersey has been arrested in Spain, officials said Thursday. Felix De La Cruz-Arias, 30, was taken into custody by the Spanish National Police in Barcelona on Jan. 30, after being on the run for nearly a year, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement. He's currently being held in a correctional facility in Spain, awaiting extradition to the U.S."
"De La Cruz-Arias is accused of fatally shooting 32-year-old Josue Hiraldo-Peralta on the night of March 12, 2025, prosecutors said. Camden police responded to the 300 block of Morse Street around 10:30 p.m. for reports of gunfire. Hiraldo-Peralta was found on the ground with what appeared to be multiple gunshot wounds, authorities said. A second gunshot victim, a 28-year-old man from Camden, was found in a nearby residence."
"Both men were taken to Cooper University Hospital, where Hiraldo-Peralta was pronounced dead a short time later. On April 4, De La Cruz-Arias was charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder for the double shooting. His arrest overseas - nearly a year after his alleged crimes in South Jersey - was the result of a joint effort involving Camden police, homicide detectives with the prosecutor's office, Spanish law enforcement, the U.S. Marshals Service and the U.S. Justice Department's Office of International Affairs."
Felix De La Cruz-Arias, 30, was arrested in Barcelona by the Spanish National Police on Jan. 30 after nearly a year on the run. He is accused of fatally shooting 32-year-old Josue Hiraldo-Peralta on March 12, 2025, and of wounding a 28-year-old Camden man. Both victims were taken to Cooper University Hospital, where Hiraldo-Peralta died. De La Cruz-Arias was charged on April 4 with first-degree murder and attempted murder. His arrest followed a joint international effort by Camden police, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office, Spanish law enforcement, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Department of Justice's Office of International Affairs. He is detained in Spain awaiting extradition to the U.S.
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