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Nassau Man Tried To Flee To Mexico To Escape Murder Charge: PD

Police say Oscar Rios Perez murdered his roommate and then fled to Texas. He was arrested while boarding a bus bound for Mexico.

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Oscar Rios Perez is charged with murdering his roommate. He was arrested while boarding a bus in Texas that was bound for Mexico, Nassau County police said.
Oscar Rios Perez is charged with murdering his roommate. He was arrested while boarding a bus in Texas that was bound for Mexico, Nassau County police said. (Courtesy Nassau County Police Department)

UNIONDALE, NY — A Nassau County man was arrested in Texas and charged with second-degree homicide while trying to flee to Mexico after killing a man in Uniondale, police said.

According to police, Oscar Rios Perez, 37, of Walton Avenue, Uniondale, got into an argument with his roommate — 27-year-old Jesus Martinez — and killed him on Jan. 30. Martinez's body was found outside a nearby home.

Newsday reported that Perez was arrested in Austin, Texas on Monday as he was boarding a bus bound for Mexico. He was extradited back to Nassau County.

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Perez is charged with second-degree homicide. He is scheduled to be arraigned today.

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