TUCSON, AZ (AZFamily) — A Tucson murder suspect appears to be caught in the middle of a judicial tug-of-war between the federal government and Pima County.

“It’s almost like they are competing with each other,” said Russ Richelsoph, a criminal defense attorney not affiliated with the case.

Arizona’s Family previously reported how 42-year-old Julio Cesar Aguirre , a Mexican national who was in the U.S. illegally, was the prime murder suspect in a case from Tucson.

He was hospitalized after a confrontation with police. But before the county prosecutor could officially charge him with murder, the feds detained him while still in the hospital, creating delays and obstacles for local prosecutors.

Richelsoph offered two possible reasons for the federal government’s decision.

“One possibi

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