Overview
- Estrella Carrera was found stabbed in the bathtub of her Burbank apartment less than 48 hours after her May 2012 wedding, and authorities issued state and federal warrants days later.
- Jimenez spent more than a decade on the run and was added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list before he was captured in Monterrey, Mexico, on Jan. 30, 2025.
- The transfer, which took place Thursday, brought Jimenez into FBI custody in Chicago and completes the move from Mexican detention to U.S. jurisdiction.
- He faces a Cook County first-degree murder charge and a federal unlawful-flight-to-avoid-prosecution count, and prosecutors now control the case preparation.
- Authorities credited Mexican law enforcement, Interpol and the Burbank police for the arrest and return, and officials have not released a motive or announced when Jimenez will first appear in U.S. court.