Police are now looking to their regional counterparts in Guatemala to find a murder suspect who they believe has skipped across the border.
Cesar Augusto Lopez Mendoza is a Guatemalan who lives in San Jose Succotz. And, on Thursday night at 10:30, police believe he and another man chopped 56 year old Juan de Cruz Carrias - known as Johnny - to death.
Cruz Carrias - who is from Santa Familia - was in Lopez Mendoza's house - and today, police would not shine any light on what may have prompted the murder.
Reporter
"We know that he lives in Santa Familia. Is it known what he was doing in Succotz?"
Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero
"Well he was there with two other male persons - and these are the persons we are seeking at this time."
Reporter
"Cesar Agosto Lopez Mendoza. It is a concern that he is someone who may have absconded?"
Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero
"Searches have been done for them but they have not been found. Information is that they fled from that village."
Reporter
"Is it a suspicion that he may be across the border?"
Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero
"Yes there is a possibility that he made it across. He has not been found or seen."
Reporter
"Might it have been of a personal nature?"
Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero
"The detectives are recording statements and doing interviews, and not will be determined thereafter what transpired and how the incident led to him being chopped to death."
Anyone knowing Mendoza's whereabouts is asked to call police at 911 or Crimestoppers at 922.
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