LA district attorney claims lack of ‘coordination’ delayed arrest of illegal immigrant murder suspect

Published April 9, 2025 1:56pm ET



Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman lamented that the city’s police department did not coordinate in time to arrest an illegal immigrant now accused of murdering a teenage player on the soccer team he coached.

Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, 44, was arrested on April 2 for the death of 13-year-old Oscar “Omar” Hernandez. Garcia-Aquino is also facing one felony count of assault with the intent to commit a sexual offense against another victim who was 16 at the time.

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