HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A man wanted in connection with a deadly rural Edinburg shooting in 2021 was arrested Wednesday.

Jorge Havier Vasquez was arrested by the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office during a traffic stop.

Vasquez is accused of killing 27-year-old Santana Tapia Jaimes and had an active warrant out in connection to the case.

The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office says that Jaimes was killed in Edinburg on March 6, 2021, while he was sitting in a Dodge Ram truck with another man, identified as Alejandro Valdez-Resendez.

Investigators say Jaimes had a gunshot wound to his chest. It is not known at this time how Jaimes was killed.

Jaimes' body was located inside the cargo area of a Ford Expedition and wrapped in trash bags at Valdez-Resendez's workplace, Garza Auto Sale

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