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Jail escapee linked to murder of N.C. deputy captured in Mexico; suspect’s sister arrested

Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo’s sister, Adriana, was charged by the FBI with assisting in his escape

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Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo, 26, is one of the two brothers charged in Byrd’s death. He escaped with another unnamed inmate Sunday from the Piedmont Regional Jail.

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By Sarah Roebuck
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FARMVILLE, Va. — A suspect who is charged with killing Wake County Deputy Ned Byrd and escaped jail has been captured.

The Wake County Sheriff’s Office said Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo, 26, was captured Thursday afternoon by Mexican authorities in the state of Guerrero.

Marin-Sotelo is one of two brothers charged in Byrd’s death. He escaped with another inmate early Sunday from the Piedmont Regional Jail, the Wake County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.

Marin-Sotelo’s sister, Adriana Marin-Sotelo, was arrested and charged by the FBI with assisting in the escape. She will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service without bond.

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The Wake County Sheriff’s Office said surveillance video from the Piedmont Regional Jail shows Marin-Sotelo climbing over the fence at 1:40 a.m. on April 30. He was believed to have been driving in an early 2000 red or burgundy Ford Mustang with a 30-day North Carolina temporary tag.

There was a combined reward of $70,000 from the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service.