A mom and son that had been hiding from the lengthy arm of the regulation in Mexico since 2016 have been deported again to Texas to face trial for proof tampering and a hit-and-run respectively, the U.S. Marshals Service introduced Thursday.

The pair have been caught by Mexican regulation enforcement on Tuesday, and have been handed over to the U.S. Marshals on the Hidalgo International Bridge between Mexico and the U.S.

Thomas Bernal, 25, is charged with manslaughter and a failure to render help following an accident, each second-degree felonies. 

On July 27, 2016, he met up with Devon Sanders, a 19-year-old on the time. A search of Sanders’ cellphone uncovered texts establishing a sale of an oz of marijuana with one other particular person, unidentified inside cellphone data however suspected to be Mr. Bernal.

The deal went south, nonetheless, with Sanders suspecting Mr. Bernal was operating off with the medicine and Mr. Bernal suspecting Sanders had a gun, in accordance to KTBC-TV.

Sanders clung to the automobile, solely proceeded to fall off after it struck a parked automobile. Sanders would then go on to die of his accidents on the scene in Manor, Texas, and Mr. Bernal is accused of driving away in his black Cadillac.

Ms. Bernal, a 51-year-old from Elgin, Texas, is accused of aiding her son’s additional flight away from America, by taking the black Cadillac concerned into Mexico. 

A warrant for her arrest was put for tampering with bodily proof, a third-degree felony, in October 2016.

The pair at the moment are being held within the Hidalgo County Jail awaiting extradition to Travis County, Texas.

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