A California judge on Wednesday ordered that millionaire fugitive Peter Chadwick be held without bail.

Chadwick appeared in Santa Ana court for the first time after immigration authorities nabbed him near Puebla, Mexico, over the weekend.

The 55-year-old Newport Beach real estate investor had been on the run in Mexico since January 2015, when he was on bail on charges that he strangled and drowned his wife at their posh home.

He’s accused of killing Quee Choo Chadwick in October 2012 during a squabble over a possible divorce and related financial matters.

Police said he used various aliases and used various temporary residences to elude authorities. A recent tip ultimately led authorities to track him down Sunday night in an expat community.

With Post wires