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Fugitive sought in Ecuador killings arrested during traffic stop in N.Y.
The Associated Press
PALENVILLE, New York — A suspect in the 1999 assassination of a leftist former Ecuadorean presidential candidate was handed over to U.S. immigration officials in New York state.
Christian Steven Ponce, 36, of Quito, Ecuador, was arrested Saturday during a routine traffic stop.
Officials say Ponce was wanted in Ecuador in connection with the killing of Jaime Hurtado and his two assistants. Hurtado, a Marxist congressman and former presidential candidate, and the two assistants were shot dead outside Ecuador's Congress on Feb. 17, 1999.
Lenin Rosero, a member of a commission formed to investigate the killings, said Ponce "was the person who facilitated the purchase of the arms used by the assassins" and participated in surveillance.
Ponce and others were arrested two days after the shootings, and Ponce later fled Ecuador.
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Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.Rosero said he would urge Ecuador's judicial system to ask for Ponce's extradition from the United States.
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