Sheriff’s officials launched a manhunt and asked the public’s help to recapture Mata in the weeks following his erroneous release. The slaying was believed to be gang related.
Johnny Mata, 33, was awaiting trial for the fatal shooting of 34-year-old David Anthony Deanda on Christmas Eve of 2010 in the 13200 block of Francisquito Avenue, authorities said at the time.
A suspect in a fatal 2010 shooting in Baldwin Park who has been sought since he was accidentally released from sheriff’s custody last year due to a clerical error as he was awaiting trial was recaptured Wednesday in Mexico, authorities said.
