Woman Wanted For Murder In Mexico Arrested In Wisconsin, DOJ Says

BARRON COUNTY, WI — A woman wanted in connection with a homicide in Mexico was arrested Thursday in western Wisconsin on a federal illegal reentry charge, authorities said.

Alejandra Sanchez-Cuaquehua, 32, a Mexican citizen living in Barron County, was arrested on a criminal complaint charging her with illegally reentering the United States after previously being removed, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Wisconsin.

Federal officials said the FBI National Threat Operations Center received a report April 2 that Sanchez-Cuaquehua was living and working in Richland, Wisconsin, and was a suspect in a July 2025 homicide in Mexico.

FBI personnel in Mexico then coordinated with Mexican authorities and confirmed that Sanchez-Cuaquehua was a wanted fugitive, according to the complaint. Authorities also confirmed that she had previously been removed from the United States and did not have permission to return, prosecutors said.

After her arrest Thursday, Sanchez-Cuaquehua made her initial appearance on the illegal reentry charge in federal court in Madison.

She was then taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be returned to Mexico to face the murder charges, prosecutors said.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials in Mexico, Interpol and the Barron County Sheriff's Office.