The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has announced the arrest of a 26-year old US citizen, Peter Castillo, on Thursday, 16 January 2015. He was subsequently deported to the US on Saturday, 17 January 2015 to face charges for the murder of a US military veteran, 23-year old Stephen Perez. Castillo is accused of firing the shot that killed Perez in a dispute in Boston, Massachusetts in 2012. As reported in Listin Diario, Castillo is among the 15 most wanted people on the US Marshal list. He faces trial for first-degree murder. DNCD Special Investigations Department agents arrested him when he was hiding in a home on Calle Antonio Guzman in Los Frailes II in Santo Domingo East municipality. The US Marshal was offering a US$25,000 reward for information leading to his capture.
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