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FBI agents last week returned a fugitive to Sacramento County<\/a> to a face a charge of murder in the death of his girlfriend whose body was found nearly nine years ago.<\/p>\n Jose Guadalupe Lopez Nunez, 49, was apprehended last year in Mexico, subsequently extradited and booked Friday at the Sacramento County Main Jail. He\u2019s being held without bail.<\/p>\n Lopez Nunez appeared for his arraignment Tuesday afternoon in Sacramento Superior Court on a charge of murder in the 2017 death of Emelina Quintero-Ramos<\/a>.<\/p>\n Brian Tosh, acting special agent in charge of the FBI Sacramento Field Office, said in a news release that they hope Lopez Nunez\u2019s arrest \u201coffers some relief to the family of Emelina Quintero-Ramos after many years of waiting for prosecution.\u201d<\/p>\n On Sept. 4, 2017, an angler who was fishing discovered Quintero-Ramos\u2019 body in the Sacramento River near Isleton, according to the FBI.<\/p>\n Following an investigation by the Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office, investigators obtained a felony warrant for Lopez Nunez\u2019s arrest. FBI officials said the arrest warrant issued on Oct. 16, 2017, alleges that Lopez Nunez\u2019s killed Quintero-Ramos, who was his girlfriend, and disposed her body in the Sacramento River to conceal the homicide.<\/p>\n On Oct. 24, 2017, an arrest warrant for Lopez Nunez was issued in federal court in Sacramento on a charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. The FBI subsequently issued a wanted poster and launched an international campaign to locate Lopez Nunez.<\/p>\n FBI officials said Lopez Nunez was apprehended on Aug. 31, 2025, near Mezquital del Oro in the state of Zacatecas in central Mexico. Authorities found Lopez Nunez after receiving a tip from the public.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n
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