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Eliexander Lopez-Burgos was taken into custody in Glendale, Colorado last month in connection to his role in the murder of Carlos Javier-Blanco Fernandez, 38, last month at an area gas station.
Neither man has a fixed address, according to police.
On Thursday, Jan. 4, authorities said that Lopez-Burgos completed the extradition process and was returned to the nation's capital, where he was charged by detectives with first-degree premeditated murder while armed.
According to police, on Wednesday, Nov. 16 last year, officers were called around 5:15 p.m. to the area of the 2200 block of New York Avenue NE, where they found Fernandez suffering from a gunshot wound. He was rushed to an area hospital where he later died.
Following an investigation, Lopez-Burgos was arrested in Colorado, and he has been held pending his return back to DC.
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