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Police Arrest ‘Tattooed Fugitive’ in Madrid Ahead of Deadline

Public tips to the Ten Most Wanted campaign led to his rapid arrest followed by immediate imprisonment

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Overview

  • Álvaro Pasquín Mora, dubbed the ‘fugitivo de los tatuajes,’ was captured in Madrid on July 23 after five years hiding in a shed in Colonia Jardín
  • His arrest occurred just days before the statute of limitations would have expired on a 2017 sexual abuse charge
  • The Policía Nacional’s Fugitives Section leveraged citizen tips generated by the Los 10 más buscados initiative to pinpoint his location
  • A judge ordered his immediate entry into prison to face the pending sexual abuse allegations
  • He is the sixth fugitive apprehended under the national Ten Most Wanted campaign, leaving four individuals still at large