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Escaped California Murderer Arrested in Tijuana After Killing Mexican Police Commander

César Moisés Hernández, on the run since December, was captured April 17 following a weeklong manhunt after allegedly killing Cmdr. Abigail Esparza Reyes during an arrest operation.

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Mexican officials have arrested a suspect identified as César “N” in the killing of Cmdr. Abigail Esparza Reyes, the Tijuana chief of a state police unit that searches for foreign fugitives in Mexico. (Press Office of the Attorney General of Baja California)
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Overview

  • César Moisés Hernández, a convicted murderer who escaped custody in California in December 2024, was apprehended by Mexican authorities in Tijuana on April 17, 2025.
  • Hernández is accused of fatally shooting Cmdr. Abigail Esparza Reyes, the leader of the elite 'Gringo Hunters' unit, during an April 9 operation to arrest him in Tijuana.
  • The arrest was part of Operation 'Gacela,' a collaboration between the Baja California Investigation Agency and Mexico’s Special Operations Group of the Secretary of Defense.
  • Surveillance footage from the April 9 shootout showed Hernández fleeing in his underwear and later changing into a yellow worker’s jacket to evade capture.
  • Hernández is currently detained in Tijuana, facing Mexican criminal proceedings for the killing of Cmdr. Esparza Reyes, with his potential extradition to California yet to be determined.