"30-Year Fugitive Captured in Costa Rica for Wife's 1991 Murder"
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After over 30 years on the run, Jose Lazaro Cruz, accused of killing his wife in 1991 in Virginia, has been captured in Costa Rica and returned to the U.S. to face murder charges. Cruz fled the country after the fatal stabbing of his wife, Ana Jurado, and had been living in El Salvador. He was arrested in 2022 while trying to enter Costa Rica and is now being held at the Fairfax County jail awaiting trial. Police never stopped pursuing him and are urging anyone with additional information about the case to come forward.
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