U.S. Marshals Capture Wanted Murder Fugitive After 18 Years

Corpus Christi, TX – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Gulf Coast Violent Offenders and Fugitive Task Force – Corpus Christi Division Cold Case Unit, working in conjunction with the USMS Office of International Operations – Mexico Foreign Field Office, arrested murder fugitive Maximo Reyes after more than 18 years on the run.

Reyes is accused of fatally shooting Elias Sanchez Sr. on April 16, 2006, during an argument over a $20 pay-per-view boxing bet. Reyes was also charged with shooting at Sanchez’s son, who attempted to intervene.

Following his arrest by the Corpus Christi Police Department, Reyes was released from the Nueces County Jail after posting bond. After failing to appear in court, a warrant was issued for his arrest on Sept. 24, 2007.

The Nueces County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from the USMS in 2008 after Reyes fled to Mexico.

After reopening the case, the Corpus Christi Division Cold Case Unit coordinated with the USMS Mexico Foreign Field Office and Mexican authorities to locate Reyes in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, where he was apprehended on June 26. Reyes was deported to the United States on June 27.

The U.S. Marshals led Gulf Coast Violent Offenders and Fugitive Task Force in Corpus Christi, Texas, is integrated by remarkable investigators from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Corpus Christi Police Department, Aransas County Sheriff’s Office, Jim Wells County Sheriff’s Office, Nueces County Sheriff’s Office, Kleberg County Attorney’s Office, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and other partner federal agencies that work together for the protection of our communities.