Omar Briceno-Quijano, Fugitive Wanted In Colorado Drug Ring, Captured In Mexico

(CBS4) - A wanted fugitive who authorities say was involved in a drug ring that operated in western Colorado has been found in Mexico. Omar Briceno-Quijano was flown back to Colorado to face charges last week.

U.S. Marshals captured Briceno-Quijano in Los Mochis, a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. He was brought to Houston and will soon be taken to Colorado.

In January Briceno-Quijano was charged along with 12 other people in a drug ring that operated in and around Montrose. The day before he was supposed to be arrested, Briceno-Quijano fled and was on the run for approximately 8 months.