A fugitive wanted for murdering a Miami man nearly 30 years ago has been taken back to the United States after investigators say he fled to Peru and stole the identity of a deceased Peruvian soldier. <\/p>\n
Authorities also say Christian Miguel Orosco, 49, had been working as an air traffic controller in Peru for decades before he was extradited to Miami. <\/p>\n
Orosco is accused of shooting and killing Jimmy Schwarz, 22, at a gas station on Thanksgiving night in 1996.<\/p>\n
Schwarz’s family says they are relieved that Jimmy gets the justice he deserves. <\/p>\n
“He took away something so precious. The man who did this didn’t just take one life; he took a piece of ours,” Nicole Modrono, the victim’s sister, said. <\/p>\n
Schwarz’s family said that he was their rock and protector. <\/p>\n
“He took care of me, my mom, and my daughter. There was no father around. He was everything to us, at a very young age,” Eileen Motte, the victim’s mother, said. <\/p>\n
His family last saw Schwarz at their Thanksgiving dinner in 1996. He left and went to a Mobil gas station in Miami, located at the 3200 block of NW 79th Street. <\/p>\n
There, investigators say he got into an argument with a gang member, who shot and killed him. <\/p>\n
How investigators were able to arrest Orosco\u00a0<\/p>\n
For decades, the case went cold until just last year<\/a>. Detectives called Jimmy’s sister on her last birthday and told her they had identified the man who killed her brother as Orosco, a Peruvian national who fled to Peru after the shooting. They say that they were able to arrest him due to a tip that was sent in. <\/p>\n