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March 21, 2017: Murder Suspect Extradited from Mexico

(10:15) Monterey – Authorities reported that a suspect in a November fatal shooting on Cannery Row, was extradited from Mexico and is now in Monterey County Jail.  21 year-old Jorge Mendoza, of Marina, fled to Mexico after 28 year-old Raul Melendez was shot and killed in the Cannery Row parking garage, on November 23rd, 2016.   Police requested help from the U.S. Marshals Service, which worked with the local authorities in Mexico that ultimately made the arrest last Thursday.  On Saturday, Mendoza was booked on murder charges and his bail was set at $1.3 million dollars.

 

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