Overview
- José María Pavón Pereira was detained on Monday in Cartaya after officers stopped a car leaving a monitored warehouse and confirmed his identity.
- He had been sentenced to 41 years for a 2019 double killing in Huelva in which two victims were found in a well, one shot with a shotgun and the other fatally beaten.
- Police had added him to the 'Top 10 Most Wanted' campaign launched in November to spur public information via a dedicated email address.
- The Audiencia Provincial de Huelva issued a search-and-arrest order in November 2023 after he failed to appear to enter prison, prompting a renewed fugitive hunt.
- Authorities say his capture makes him the third of the ten profiled fugitives located in the first month of the campaign.