An arrest is expected to be announced Wednesday in the 2008 killing of a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy in Cypress Park.

Deputy Juan Escalante, a father of three, was shot and killed in August 2008 outside his boyhood home. He was 27.

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Sheriff Robert Luna will speak at the 3:30 p.m. news conference after the U.S. Attorney's Office announced earlier Wednesday that a man wanted in connection with the killing was among 26 fugitives wanted for various crimes who were recently returned to the United States from Mexico.

More details on the arrest of Roberto Salazar are expected at the afternoon news conference. It was not immediately clear when he was taken into law enforcement custody

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