Three NYPD detectives have returned empty-handed from Mexico, where they were sent to aid in the search for a man suspected of savagely killing a soccer coach in the West Village.
Mexican authorities are fully aiding the NYPD’s search for Orlando Orea, Kelly said.
“They received excellent cooperation from the Mexican authorities and they worked with Interpol in Mexico City as well,” Kelly said.
“They have lots of points of contact now that they will keep in contact with. The search for this individual is ongoing.”
Orea, 32, is wanted for the Oct. 7 slashing death of beloved 25-year-old youth soccer coach Michael Jones, a British national who lived in Westchester County.
Two days after the killing, Orea, of Ridgewood, Queens, paid cash for an Aeromexico flight to Mexico City.
The jet took off just hours before cops learned his identity, and put him on the no-fly list.
Orea is believed to have fled to Puebla, his hometown, about 50 miles from Mexico’s capital.
Authorities believe Orea may have mistaken Jones for a man who intervened in a fight between him and a female regular at Bunga’s Den, a West Village bar.
Before he took off, Orea left a bizarre apology note in his apartment to his brother and his baby mama that said in part: “Love you guys very much. Hope you can forgive me. I’m sorry.”
Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr.’s office has not said whether Orea has been indicted yet.
The extradition treaty between the US and Mexico was signed in 1978 by Vance’s father, who at the time was US Secretary of State.
the slaying was a case of mistaken identity.
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