Record Reward Set for Suspect’s Capture

The U.S. government offered a record $2.2-million reward for the capture of a Mexican fugitive accused of murdering an undercover U.S. agent during a drug purchase in 1994. The reward was posted for one of the FBI’s 10 most wanted fugitives, Augustin Vasquez Mendoza, believed to be 26, a native of Apatzingan, Mexico. Vasquez Mendoza is believed to have fled to Mexico after the June 30, 1994, killing of Richard Fass, a Drug Enforcement Administration agent. Vasquez Mendoza is believed to be hiding in Mexico. Fass was killed in Glendale, Ariz., by henchmen of Vasquez Mendoza as Fass was buying methamphetamine from them, the DEA said.