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Aurora Man With Long Criminal Record Found, Arrested in Mexico

After being charged for kidnapping and sexually assaulting women while posing as a rideshare driver, he never appeared for a 2023 court date.
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Adiran Alamillo-Gonzales's most recent charges in Colorado came in 2023. Fiscalía General del Estado Aguascalientes

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After over a year, law enforcement's search for Adrian Alamillo-Gonzales is over. The 42-year-old, multiple-time convicted felon was arrested in Pabellón de Arteaga, Aguascalientes, Mexico, on July 20, according to local media reports.

Originally from California, Alamillo-Gonzales's most recent charges in Colorado came last year after he posed as a rideshare driver, but his extensive criminal record began in the 2000s, when he was charged with carrying a concealed illegal weapon, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

In July 2009, he allegedly used a gun to threaten a woman in a downtown bar before kidnapping two women at gunpoint and robbing one of her belongings three hours later. He was arrested and charged with attempted aggravated robbery, aggravated robbery, menacing and kidnapping. According to court records, he pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and was sentenced to twelve years in state prison.

However, Alamillo-Gonzales received credit for 317 days of time served and was soon back on the streets. In 2023, he was arrested in connection with two separate incidents of harassing and assaulting women while impersonating a rideshare driver in 2022 and 2023. According to police, he picked up both women when they were heading home from downtown bars.

"Alamillo-Gonzales allegedly forced a woman into his vehicle, and the victim fought with him for several blocks before he dropped her off and left the scene," says a January 2024 DPD statement. "In the second incident, Alamillo-Gonzales allegedly posed as a rideshare, picking up an adult female. Alamillo-Gonzales refused to let the victim exit the vehicle and groped her in a nearby alley."


Skipping Town

In March 2023, the Denver District Attorney's Office arrested Alamillo-Gonzales, charging him with five felony counts, including two for Second-Degree Kidnapping - Victim of Sex Offense and/or Robbery, two counts of Attempted Sexual Assault- No Consent and one count of Unlawful Sexual Contact - No Consent with Force/Threats.

After he failed to appear at his December 7, 2023, court date, the DPD launched an investigation seeking possible additional victims of his crimes and encouraging those who believed they had been attacked to contact the Denver Police Sex Crimes Unit.

As it turned out, Alamillo-Gonzales had fled from Denver to the state of Zacatecas in early December 2023, hiding out in Mexico under a discreet profile to "evade responsibility," according to the Attorney General's Office of the State of Aguascalientes.
After learning about Alamillo-Gonzales's whereabouts, the Aguascalientes State Attorney's Office, FBI and Aguascalientes Criminal Investigation Agency collaborated to make the arrest.

"The successful operation was carried out as a result of intelligence, technology and several days of fieldwork carried out in the municipality of Pabellón de Arteaga, specifically in the community of Santiago," the Attorney General's Office of the State of Aguascalientes says in a statement. "The individual, considered highly dangerous, was arrested at a property located in Curva de Santiago."

After arresting Alamillo-Gonzales, state authorities handed him over to the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Specialized Unit, which began the process of working with the National Migration Institute. The NMI is responsible for Alamillo-Gonzales' return to the U.S.; he is expected to come back this week.