A man wanted in connection with the 2008 killing of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy in Cypress Park has been returned to the U.S. from Mexico to face charges.

Roberto Salazar, 38, was arrested in March by Mexican authorities and transferred Tuesday into U.S. custody. He is scheduled to be arraigned in a downtown L.A. courthouse Thursday morning.

“Justice has been a long time coming, but today we are one step closer,” Sheriff Robert Luna said during a press conference at the Hall of Justice Wednesday afternoon.

The L.A. County district attorney’s office will charge Salazar with first degree murder with special circumstances and conspiracy to commit murder, which carries a life sentence without the possibility of parole.

Salazar was handed over along with 25 other prisoners describ

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