One of B.C.’s most notorious fugitives is back in Canadian custody, five months after being arrested in California.
A U.S. judge certified Brandon Teixeira’s extradition back in February, and U.S. Marshals handed him to over to Canadian law enforcement on Friday.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team confirmed Friday night that Teixeira is back on Canadian soil, though exactly where he’s being held is not clear.
Police said Teixeira is due to appear in court “at a later date” to face a slew of charges related to three separate violent incidents. That date is also not known at this time, as the coronavirus pandemic has put court operations on hold in B.C.
Teixeira is accused of first-degree murder in the 2017 fatal shooting of alleged former associate Nicholas Khabra.
Extradition documents allege Teixeira was motivated by revenge and a $160,000 bounty in the killing.
Teixeira is also facing attempted murder and aggravated assault charges related to stabbings in 2015 and 2016 in Surrey and Maple Ridge.
One of the victims in the 2015 attack was so badly injured he was on life support for two weeks, according to extradition documents.
Teixeira was arrested by U.S. police near Oroville, Calif. in December 2019 after a 15-month manhunt, during which Canadian police deemed him “extremely violent.”
Police used two armoured vehicles and multiple SWAT teams in the takedown, after being informed that Teixeira had evaded RCMP in a previous arrest attempt.