Rodriguez-Alvarez was arrested in Mexico by Mexican federal authorities who extridited him to Wisconsin in late May for the murder of a 15-year-old girl in 2008.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
June 8, 2021
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Tuesday, Vidal Rodriguez-Alvarez, 32, will appear virtually at a Milwaukee County Circuit Court preliminary hearing to face one felony count for 1st-degree reckless homicide for the 2008 murder of Liliana Razo, 15, in the Southside of Milwaukee. Rodriguez-Alvarez fled to Mexico in 2008 shortly after throwing a screwdriver inside a vehicle where Razo was seating in the passenger's side resulting in her death.
Rodriguez-Alvarez had been a fugitive for more than 12 years. If convicted, Rodriguez-Alvarez is facing up to 60 years in prison for the reckless homicide. He is being held on a $600,000 cash bond.
According to the criminal complaint, Razo and two males, which the driver of the vehicle was a C-14 gang member confronted Rodriguez-Alvarez, a member of the Mexican Posse gang and another individual at South Division High School on September 5, 2008 about gang related conflicts and allegations of killing gang members. Words were exchanged between them and school security intervene and both groups left the school property.
A while later, Rodriguez-Alvarez spotted Razo and the driver of the vehicle near the 1300 block of S. 13th Street, he walked up to the vehicle where Razo was at and threw a screwdriver inside the vehicle striking Razo in the left temple. Razo died a day later after the screwdriver was removed during surgery by a doctor.
Update: On Tuesday. Vidal Rodriguez-Alvarez waived the preliminary hearing and probable cause was found to proceed with a trial. An arraignment hearing for Rodriguez-Alvarez was scheduled for June 22.
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