MEDIA ADVISORY: Murder Fugitive Extradited from Mexico; MCPD to Hold News Conference

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 26, 2023

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHO: Marcus Jones, Montgomery County Chief of Police

Representatives from the FBI Baltimore Field Office

MCPD Major Crimes Detectives

John McCarthy, Montgomery County State’s Attorney

WHAT: Extradition of murder fugitive, Jorge Rueda Landeros

WHEN: Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at 4:30 p.m.

WHERE: Montgomery County Department of Police Headquarters

100 Edison Park Drive

Gaithersburg, MD

1st floor conference room

After twelve years on the run, murder fugitive Jorge Rueda Landeros was arrested in Mexico and charged in connection to the 2010 murder of Sue Marcum, of Bethesda.

In December 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – Baltimore Field Office received information that Rueda Landeros was likely living in Guadalajara, Jalisco.

The FBI – Baltimore Field Office coordinated with Mexican authorities to extradite Rueda Landeros. He was returned to Montgomery County on Tuesday, July 25.

Media, please confirm attendance with Public Information Office.

Release ID: 23-446
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