Brothers Arrested in Mexico for Fatal Fast Food Shooting

After a two-year search, two brothers were arrested in Mexico, tied to the case of a man gunned down outside a National City fast food restaurant in 2013.

Mexican officials took Manuel Castro, 50, and Henry Castro, 51, into custody in Tijuana on June 28, 2015, accused in National City resident Jesus Degalilia Pena’s death.

In March 2013, Pena, 43, was found shot 10 times at close range with a high-powered rifled outside a Carl’s Jr. on Sweetwater Road.

Manuel, the suspect accused of pulling the trigger, fled to Mexico shortly after shooting Pena, according to detectives. They issued a warrant for his arrest on March 23, 2015.

After Castro and his brother were found in Tijuana, officials turned them over to National City Police detectives, who took them to jail.

Manuel was booked for murder, while Henry was booked for aiding and abetting a felon.

Investigators say the Castros knew Pena before his death, but no suspected motive for the shooting has been released.

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