LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- The man accused of killing 22-year-old Lesly Palacio in 2020, who was on the run in Mexico for four years and returned to Las Vegas on Thursday, was on probation for a gun charge involving his undocumented status.

Erick Rangel-Ibarra, 30, is the only suspect in Lesly Palacio’s August 2020 murder. He is accused of killing Palacio, 22, on Aug. 29, 2020. Police found her remains two weeks later near the Valley of Fire.

In a 2018 arrest report the 8 News Now Investigators obtained, Metro police described Rangel-Ibarra as an “illegal alien.” Rangel-Ibarra is an undocumented immigrant brought to the U.S. illegally as a baby and is classified as a “dreamer” with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status, sources said.

The U.S. Marshals Service took Rangel-Ibarra

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