{"id":414793,"date":"2026-09-30T16:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414793\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:14:09","slug":"cape-coral-child-sexual-battery-suspect-found-hiding-in-mexico-after-multi-agency-manhunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414793\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Coral child sexual battery suspect found hiding in Mexico after multi-agency manhunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cape Coral child sexual battery suspect found hiding in Mexico after multi-agency manhunt<\/p>\n

\"LayzaCAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n

A suspect wanted in connection with a 2022 child sexual battery case was located in Mexico and arrested, in an effort led by the Cape Coral Police Department’s Special Victims Unit and federal authorities.<\/p>\n

CCPD says that in Dec. 2022, officers responded to a report of an incident occurring at an apartment. An investigation was launched into allegations that a man named Jesus Leon Leyva, 42, exposed himself and committed sexual battery against a juvenile victim.<\/p>\n

Leyva, according to CCPD, fled the area, prompting a multi-agency manhunt.<\/p>\n

Investigators with the U.S. Marshals Service Florida\/Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force’s Fort Myers office found out that Leyva was in Mexico. Mexican authorities and the U.S. Marshals coordinated to locate and apprehend him.<\/p>\n

Leyva is being held in Harris County, Texas, and is awaiting extradition to Lee County. He faces a charge of sexual battery on a child.<\/p>\n

The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n

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