Bakersfield, CA – Suspect Gustavo Perez Arriaga, 32, was arrested in Bakersfield on Friday morning for killing Newman Police Department Corporal Ronil Singh, 33, on the morning of December 25, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department. Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said Arriaga is a Mexican national who illegally entered the U.S. and was a part of the notoriously violent Sureños gang. He was trying to flee back to Mexico when he was arrested. Arriaga had been living in the U.S. for several years and worked various farm labor jobs. He also had a track record of two previous DUI’s.
Cops also arrested Arriaga’s brother Adrian Virgen, 25, and co-worker Erik Razo Quiroz, 32, on Thursday for trying to divert police from capturing him.
