Andrew Wyrich

Staff Writer @AndrewWyrich

HACKENSACK – A fugitive wanted for murder in the Dominican Republic was arrested late last week in Hackensack, authorities said.

Kelbin Perez De Los Santos was wanted on an international arrest warrant for fatally shooting a man with a shotgun in a restaurant after an argument in Los Girasoles, Dominican Republic, in July, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement.

Officials believed Perez De Los Santos fled the Dominican Republic shortly after the incident, and the Interpol National Central Bureau issued a notice for his arrest in August, the department said.

U.S. Marshals determined that Perez De Los Santos was in the Hackensack area, police said, and he was arrested on Thursday by members of the U.S. Marshals New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents, officials said.

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Perez De Los Santos is being held by ICE agents and is facing deportation back to the Dominican Republic.

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