Wake County deputy's accused killer extradited back to US

Name: Wake County deputy's accused killer extradited back to US
Uploaded: 2025-02-28T23:05:02.000Z
Duration: 2 min 6 s
Description: The Wake County Sheriff's Office announced late Thursday that Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo was extradited from Mexico to the U.S., where he will face a murder trial.

The Wake County Sheriff's Office announced late Thursday that Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo was extradited from Mexico to the U.S., where he will face a murder trial.

Posted 2/28/2025, 11:05:02 PM Updated 3/1/2025, 1:58:07 AM

EVERYBODY WILL WAKE UP TO

TEMPERATURES IN THE 20'S.

COMING UP.

>> ALL RIGHT, CHAD, THANK YOU.

ONE OF THE BROTHERS ACCUSED

OF MURDERING A WAKE COUNTY

DEPUTY IN 2022. IS FINALLY BACK

IN THE U.S. ALL. THE MARINES TO

IS CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF

DEPUTY NED BYRD SOTELO HAS BEEN

IN HIS HOME COUNTRY OF MEXICO

SINCE ESCAPING CUSTODY IN

VIRGINIA IN 2023. WRAL

INVESTIGATES SARAH KRUEGER

SPOKE WITH PEOPLE CLOSE TO THE

DEPUTY ABOUT THIS RETURN TO

THE U.S..

>> WITH HIM BACK IN THE U.S.

THIS MEANS THE CRIMINAL CASE

HERE IN WAKE COUNTY CAN FINALLY

MOVE FORWARD. BUT RENE'S TO

ONE OF 29 HIGH-PROFILE

CRIMINALS FROM MEXICO BROUGHT

BACK BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

JUST YESTERDAY.

>> DEPUTY NED BYRD WAS SHOT

4 TIMES 3 IN THE BACK OF THE

HEAD ON AUGUST. 11TH 2022, HIS

BRUTAL MURDER. STILL AN OPEN

WOUND FOR HIS CLOSE FRIENDS

IN RALEIGH. YOU KNOW, HE'S HERE

ALL THE TIME IS, YOU KNOW, A

TERRIBLE LOSS FOR LAW

ENFORCEMENT.

>> IT'S A LOSS FOR ALL OF HIS

FRIENDS. ALL OF HIS FAMILY.

YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW,

A LOSS FOR HUMANITY

AS WELL.

>> IT MEANS A LOT THAT ONE OF

HIS ACCUSED KILLERS, ALDER

MARINES TO IS NOW BACK IN THE

U.S. WHERE HE CAN FINALLY STAND

TRIAL. IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD

MARINES TO ESCAPED FROM A

VIRGINIA JAIL WHERE HE WAS

BEING HELD IN APRIL 2023, THE

NEXT MONTH HE WAS CAPTURED IN

HIS HOME COUNTRY OF MEXICO

WHERE HE WAS IN JAIL. NEARLY

2 YEARS UNTIL NOW ARE A HUGE

STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS

FOR.

>> JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AND SOME SENSE OF HEALING OVER

TIME.

>> MARINES TO FACES MURDER

CHARGES ALONGSIDE HIS OLDER

BROTHER, ARTURO MARINES TO WHO

IS IN JAIL AWAITING TRIAL.

ANOTHER BROTHER WAS CHARGED

WITH ACCESSORY TO MURDER AND IS

ALSO STILL IN CUSTODY. THEIR

SISTER WAS CONVICTED FOR

HELPING WITH THE JAIL ESCAPE

AND ALREADY SERVED HER TIME.

ALL THE MARINES TO HAS A COURT

HEARING HERE ON MONDAY TO

SEPARATE HIS CASE FROM HIS

BROTHERS RATHER THAN TRY THEM

TOGETHER.

>> THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS

SHE DOES EXPECT HIM TO BE HERE