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Man Sought For Ventura County Murder Arrested in New Mexico

A man sought for an August murder in Ventura County has been found and arrested in New Mexico.

On August 13th, the body of Martin Fierros was found was found on the ground outside of an apartment complex on the 6300 block of Whippoorwill Street in Ventura. The 25 year old Ventura man had been fatally stabbed. Ventura Police detectives determined that Marco Vences of Ventura was a suspect in the killing. An arrest warrant was issued for the 24 year old man.

The FBI’s Safe Streets Task Force, and Albuquerque Police found Vences in Albuquerque on Wednesday, arresting him without incident. Detectives will bring him back to Ventura County to stand trial.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.