Guatemalan man who fled the country after murder sentenced to life in prison

ATTLEBORO, Mass. (WLNE) — The Guatemalan man who killed a man in Attleboro in 1991 was sentenced to life in prison Friday.

Mario Garcia was convicted in the stabbing death of Ismael Garcia on Nov. 7.

Witnesses led police to then 19-year-old suspect, but by the time they’d gotten an arrest warrant, he had fled the country.

Mario Garcia was arrested in Guatemala in December 2022 and brought back to face the first degree murder charge.