CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) - Curry County's top prosecutor is making plans for the eventual extradition of an alleged Clovis child killer. However, District Attorney Matt Chandler says he doesn't expect captured fugitive Noe Torres will be in the Curry County jail long.
Chandler tells the Clovis News Journal Torres will be booked into jail, but Chandler then plans to immediately file a motion to have Torres moved to a more secure state prison.
Chandler says there is a state law that allows such an immediate transfer because of Torres' status as a high flight risk.
The 32-year-old Torres was captured Jan. 25 in Mexico. He is accused of being part of a gang that fired several bullets into a house in Clovis in September 2005, killing 10-year-old Carlos Perez.
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Information from: Clovis News Journal, http://www.cnjonline.com
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