Top Ten Mexicano Captured

Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco fugitive in three counts of first-degree murder

October 11, 2009

SAN JOSE CA. NEWS -- This week, acting on leads, the U.S. Marshals Service and the FBI Legal Attaché, both in Mexico City, in cooperation with the Mexican Federal Ministerial Police, captured a man who they strongly believe to be Jorge Alberto Lopez- Orozco. The suspected fugitive was arrested without incident while hauling a load of metal into a scrap yard located in Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Yesterday, FBI used fingerprint technology to confirm the positive identity of the suspect in custody as that of Lopez-Orozco.

Originally, Lopez-Orozco was traveling with his brother, Simon Lopez-Orozco and sister-in-law, Maria Garcia, who have both been charged with accessory to first-degree murder. Simon Lopez-Orozco allegedly assisted his brother with fleeing the state of Idaho to San Jose, California. Since that time, Maria Garcia was apprehended in San Jose, California on September 8, 2006, however, Simon Lopez-Orozco, is still wanted as an accessory in the murders and is to be considered armed and dangerous.

Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco

On August 11, 2002, Airmen from Mountain Home Air Force Base found the human remains of a woman and two children in Elmore County, Idaho near the Snake River. The victims' bodies were found inside a burned 1990 Chevrolet Cavalier. Each victim had been shot in either the head or chest.

Further investigation revealed the victims' identities to be that of Rebecca Ramirez, the girlfriend of Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco, her 4-year-old son Ricardo Ramirez and 2-year-old son Miguel Hernandez. Authorities believe Ramirez and her boys were shot and killed around July 31, 2002. Rebecca Ramirez and her children were last seen with Lopez-Orozco when they left Ramirez's father's home in Nyssa, Oregon on July 30. It is believed that Ramirez had planned to end their relationship after she had learned Lopez-Orozco was married with children.

Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco is accused of committing this triple murder of Rebecca Ramirez, and her children.

Since the FBI’s creation of the"Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list, 491 fugitives have been featured, Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco is the 463rd person on the list to be located, and 152 of them were found as a direct result of citizen cooperation. Lopez-Orozco has been on the FBI’s Top Ten since March 17, 2005.

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