{"id":522034,"date":"2026-08-19T11:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T15:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/dominican-man-wanted-for-homicide-that-occurred-in-massachusetts-more-than-10-years-ago-arrested-in-pennsylvania\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T11:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T15:43:08","slug":"dominican-man-wanted-for-homicide-that-occurred-in-massachusetts-more-than-10-years-ago-arrested-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/dominican-man-wanted-for-homicide-that-occurred-in-massachusetts-more-than-10-years-ago-arrested-in-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican man wanted for homicide that occurred in Massachusetts more than 10 years ago arrested in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Santo Domingo.<\/strong>– A man who remained a fugitive for more than a decade was arrested this Monday in Pennsylvania, United States, for his alleged connection to a homicide that occurred in Lawrence, Massachusetts,<\/a> in May 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is Yssael Lantigua-Alecon, 45<\/strong>, who was wanted by Massachusetts authorities in connection with the death of Joselo \u201cJose\u201d Campusano, 21<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to the authorities, Lantigua-Alecon<\/strong> was located and placed under arrest after remaining out of reach of investigators for more than ten years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case dates back to May 2015, when Campusano lost his life in Lawrence<\/strong>. Since then, authorities had kept the search for the suspect open, until they managed to locate him in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following his arrest, Lantigua-Alecon is expected to face the corresponding process for his extradition to Massachusetts<\/strong>, where he will have to answer to judicial authorities for the pending charges related to the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The extradition procedure will allow the detainee to be transferred from Pennsylvania to the state where the incident occurred and placed at the disposal of the justice system to continue the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The arrest represents a breakthrough for authorities who for years kept the investigation open and the search for the man linked to Campusano’s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lantigua-Alecon must appear before the appropriate judicial authorities in Massachusetts, where the next steps of the process will be determined and the charges against him will be formally presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice in Pennsylvania<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The justice system of Pennsylvania, United States<\/strong>, is composed of state and federal courts that have jurisdiction to hear different types of judicial proceedings, including criminal cases, civil cases, and procedures related to individuals wanted in other states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In cases of serious crimes, authorities may issue arrest warrants for accused individuals who are fugitives. When a suspect is located in Pennsylvania but faces charges in another state, such as Massachusetts, an interstate extradition process<\/strong> is triggered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extradition allows a person detained in one state to be transferred to the state where they allegedly committed the crime to answer to the appropriate courts. This procedure requires the intervention of judicial authorities and may include a hearing in Pennsylvania to determine the conditions under which the transfer will take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In these cases, the detained person retains their constitutional rights and may have legal representation during the process. The authority of the requesting state must present the corresponding documentation that supports the arrest warrant and the extradition request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pennsylvania, like the other states in the country, is part of the interstate judicial cooperation system that allows authorities to share information and coordinate the capture of individuals wanted for crimes committed outside its territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the procedure is completed, the detainee may be transferred to the state requesting their presence, where they must appear before the court handling the case and face the pending charges. Extradition does not determine guilt<\/strong>, but rather allows the judicial process to continue in the jurisdiction where the accusation originated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the case of persons sought for long periods, the arrest may occur years after the investigated act, especially when the authorities receive new information about their location or when the suspect is identified during a different investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, the arrest in Pennsylvania of a person wanted for a case that occurred in Massachusetts can lead to a judicial process involving both states: Pennsylvania intervenes initially because the detainee is located there, while Massachusetts is the jurisdiction that demands their transfer to answer for the pending charges.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Santo Domingo.– A man who remained a fugitive for more than a decade was arrested this Monday in Pennsylvania, United States, for his alleged connection to a homicide that occurred in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in May 2015. It is Yssael Lantigua-Alecon, 45, who was wanted by Massachusetts authorities in connection with the death of Joselo \u201cJose\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":522035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[44726,41545],"class_list":["post-522034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-pennsylvania","tag-they-arrest"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bNU","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Plantilla-para-portal-15.png","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Plantilla-para-portal-15.png"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}