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Mexican couple to face murder charges in kidnapping death of veteran LA firefighter, Francisco Aguilar, 48, who vanished near Tijuana – His remains were found buried in a remote area

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;6d5354"><strong>There was a &&num;8216&semi;full identification&&num;8217&semi; of Francisco Aguilar&comma; whose cremated skeletal remains were found in an uninhabited area on Oct&period; 23<&sol;strong> prosecutors announced in Mexico<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;6d5354"><strong>Aguilar&comma; a 20-year Los Angeles city firefighter and paramedic&comma; disappeared on Aug&period; 20 after traveling to his condominium near Rosarito&comma; in Mexico<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;6d5354"><strong>The remains of the 48-year-olld veteran LA firefighter were found were found in an uninhabited area on Oct&period; 23<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;6d5354"><strong>Last month two Mexican nationals&comma; couple&comma; were arrested on a highway near Rosarito Beach&comma; south of Tijuana <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;6d5354"><strong>When Fanny Gabriela Gómez Castellanos and Santos González Casillas were arrested&comma; they were found to be in possession of Aguilar’s bank card&comma; which has been used since the owner was declared missing<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;6d5354"><strong>Gómez Castellanos reportedly&comma; lured Aguilar before she and her partner kidnapped him <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;6d5354"><strong>González Casillas allegedly shot the victim as he tried to escape<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;6d5354"><strong>They pair will be charged with homicide<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;Francisco-Aguilar-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-358614" width&equals;"579" height&equals;"684"&sol;><figcaption><strong>There was a &&num;8216&semi;full identification&&num;8217&semi; of 48-year-old Francisco &&num;8216&semi;Frank&&num;8217&semi; Aguilar&comma; whose cremated skeletal remains were found in an uninhabited area on Oct&period; 23<&sol;strong>&period; <strong>He disappeared on Aug&period; 20<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Mexican authorities have found the body of a Los Angeles firefighter who vanished in August&period; LA fire veteran fireman Francisco Aguilar&comma; 48&comma; was shot during a botched kidnapping&comma; it was announced Wednesday&period;<br>Hiram Sánchez&comma; Baja California central state prosecutor&comma; at a news conference Wednesday evening revealed that there was a &&num;8216&semi;full identification&&num;8217&semi; of Aguilar&comma; whose cremated skeletal remains were found in an uninhabited area on October 23&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;Francisco-Aguilar-6&period;jpg" alt&equals;"This image has an empty alt attribute&semi; its file name is Francisco-Aguilar-6&period;jpg"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The victim Aguilar&&num;8217&semi;s seen &lbrack;photo&rsqb; with his children was lured to a kidnap and robbery by two of Mexican nationals&period; The pair of Fanny Gabriela Gómez Castellanos&comma; 32 and Santos González Casillas&comma; 27&comma; will be charged with homicide in connection to the firefighter&&num;8217&semi;s death<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&&num;8216&semi;This is a tragic outcome to a case we were hoping would end differently&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said Los Angeles Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas in a statement&comma; expressing condolences to Aguilar&&num;8217&semi;s family&period;<br>Aguilar&comma; a 20-year LA firefighter and paramedic&comma; disappeared on Aug&period; 20 after traveling to his condominium near Rosarito&period;<br>The veteran of the&nbsp&semi;Los Angeles Fire Department&comma;&nbsp&semi;had been on medical leave since March and traveled to a condo he owns in San Antonio del Mar in August to check on things&period; &nbsp&semi;<br>in October two Mexican nationals&comma; a 32-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man&comma; were arrested on a highway near Rosarito Beach&comma; south of Tijuana&period;<br>Mexican authorities said when Fanny Gabriela Gómez Castellanos and Santos González Casillas were arrested&comma; they were found to be in possession of Aguilar’s bank card&comma; which has been used since the owner was declared missing&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>Since Frank Aguilar&&num;8217&semi;s disappearance&comma; the pair had used his credit cards in Rosarito&comma; Ensenada and Tijuana&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;Francisco-Aguilar-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-358616"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Frank Aguilar&comma;&lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; a Los Angeles city firefighter and paramedic&comma; disappeared on Aug&period; 20 after traveling to his condominium near Rosarito&comma; Mexico<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Fanny Gabriela Gómez Castellanos and Santos González Casillas will be charged with homicide&comma; the prosecutor said&period;<br>According the investigation&comma; a woman Aguilar knew&comma; identified as Fanny &&num;8216&semi;N&comma;&&num;8217&semi; lured him to a meeting in order to kidnap the firefighter and hold him for ransom&comma; Sánchez said&period;<br>When he arrived at the meeting place&comma; a van intercepted him and Aguilar tried to flee before a man&comma; identified as Santos &&num;8216&semi;N&comma;&&num;8217&semi; shot him&comma; state prosecutor Sánchez said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;Fanny-Gabriela-Gomez-left-and-Santos-Gonzalez-right-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-358621"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Suspects&colon; Fanny Gabriela Gómez Castellanos&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb; and Santos González Casillas &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; were<&sol;strong> <strong>nabbed by Mexican authorities&period; Gómez <strong>Castellanos<&sol;strong><&sol;strong> <strong>reportedly&comma; lured Los Angeles fireman Francisco Aguilar before she and her alleged partner kidnapped him&period; Blood found inside the vehicle they were in at the time of their arrested matched Aguilar&&num;8217&semi;s DNA<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Gómez Castellanos prosecutors said&comma; lured Los Angeles fireman Francisco Aguilar before she and her alleged partner&lbrack;s&rsqb; kidnapped him&period; <br>Blood found inside the vehicle they were in at the time of their arrested matched Aguilar&&num;8217&semi;s DNA&period; <br>Sánchez said that it wasn&&num;8217&semi;t clear whether they shot killed Aguilar&comma; but he died at some point during the crime and the couple cremated his body in Playas de Rosarito&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;Francisco-Aguilar-5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-358617"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The suspects denied having any information about Aguilar&DiacriticalAcute;s whereabouts&comma; despite being caught with with his credit cards and being associated with the sale of the victim&&num;8217&semi;s stolen Jeep to an unknowing third party&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Authorities have said the two suspects in custody had denied having any information about Aguilar&DiacriticalAcute;s whereabouts&period;<br>A third suspect was involved in the kidnap and murder scheme the prosecutor said&comma; although he didn&&num;8217&semi;t immediately provide details&period;<br>Furthermore detectives have found Aguilar&&num;8217&semi;s Jeep&comma; which was stolen by the couple and sold to a third person who didn&&num;8217&semi;t know where the car came from&comma; according to Sanchez&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;Francisco-Aguilar-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"This image has an empty alt attribute&semi; its file name is Francisco-Aguilar-3&period;jpg"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Authorities said Aguilar &lbrack;photo&rsqb; died at some point during the crime and the couple cremated his body in Playas de Rosarito&comma; in Mexico<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Prior to the discovery of the firefighter&&num;8217&semi;s remains&comma; the pair of Fanny Gabriela Gómez Castellanos and Santos González Casillas had been charged with&nbsp&semi;forced disappearance and theft&comma; facing 25 to 50 years in prison if found guilty&period;&nbsp&semi; According to prosecutors have said that these will be upgraded to murder charges<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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