Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Lopez Wanted In Wisconsin For 1999 Triple Homicide Captured By Mexican Federal Police In Monterrey, Mexico

Arthur Lopez Jr., aka, Roberto Gonzalez Orozco

Photo: U.S. Marshals Service

Lopez a U.S. Citizen had been on the run for more than 10 years, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

By H. Nelson Goodson
November 16, 2010

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico - On Monday, the Mexican Federal Investigative Agency (AFI) reported they had apprehended Arthur Lopez Jr., 29, of Milwaukee, aka, "Junior," "Red Rider" and "Roberto Gonzalez Orozco." Lopez is wanted in Wisconsin on charges of conspiracy to distribute, distribution of cocaine and three counts of 1st-degree intentional homicides. The U.S. Marshals Service had been looking for Lopez for more than a decade. He apparently called the U.S. Marshals Service in Milwaukee back in January 2006 and mocked them about how they couldn't catch up to him.
A tip led the U.S. Marshals Service and the AFI to close in on him on Monday. Lopez a U.S. Citizen who was using the name of Roberto Gonzalez Orozco turned himself in to the U.S. Consulate in Monterrey to avoid the AFI. But, the AFI arrested him and transported him to Mexico City where he is awaiting extradition to the U.S.
Kevin Carr from the U.S. Marshals Service in Eastern District of Wisconsin confirmed Lopez arrest in Mexico. Lopez is facing federal charges in an indictment and state homicide charges.
Lopez a member of the Milwaukee Latin Kings operated a torture chamber in the basement of his residence at the 700 block of W. Washington St. He was the remaining member of the Lopez family to be taken into custody. Lopez was involved in a family South side drug operation connected with the Latin Kings and was in charge of buying and selling large quantities of cocaine and marijuana. Lopez engaged in a crime spree to expand the family drug operation, including the killing of a social worker at Social Development Commission at 931 W. Madison St. Carlos Hernandez Jr., 32, was just coming out of work in January 25, 1999 when Lopez wearing a mask and riding a bicycle approached Hernandez and fatally shot him.
Lopez is accused of participating in the driveby shootings of Maximilliano Castillo Jr., 19, and Venessa Rivas, 15, on August 11, 1999. Lopez's accomplice Luis Acevedo, 20, confessed to shooting both Castillo and Rivas. Acevedo was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says, on March 15, 2001, a state arrest warrant was issued in the state of Wisconsin, County of Milwaukee, for three counts of first degree intentional homicide while armed. Lopez was subsequently charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution in a federal arrest warrant issued by the United States District Court, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Lopez was also charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, in a federal arrest warrant issued by the United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Wisconsin, on December 22, 1999.

Lopez, if convicted is facing three life sentences without parole in Wisconsin and additional federal sentences.

Arthur Lopez Jr. wanted poster by U.S. Marshals Service at http://bit.ly/9eEWC0

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