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Luis Francisco Soriano, also known as Jefry Yevo, had been
working at a hotel in the popular tourist coastal town of Punta
Cana, the agency said in a statement.
Soriano had originally fled to Puerto Rico after the killings
but then jumped on a boat to his native Dominican Republic after
becoming aware that federal marshals were in the U.S. territory,
authorities said.
U.S. Marshals said it worked with Dominican authorities to
arrest 31-year-old Soriano “without incident after he completed
his shift at the hotel’s call center.”
It wasn't immediately clear if Soriano had an attorney. His
brother, Julio Pimentel Soriano, was arrested shortly after the
August 2024 killings and has pleaded not guilty. Police have
said the brothers are related to one of the victims.
“Every case is important to us, but this one not only deeply
impacted our communities in New York and Puerto Rico, it shook
our entire nation,” said Wilmer Ocasio-Ibarra, U.S. marshal for
the district of Puerto Rico.
The Sorianos were accused in the killings of Fraime Ubaldo, 30;
Marangely Moreno Santiago, 26; Evangeline Ubaldo Moreno, 4; and
Sebastián Ubaldo Moreno, 2. Police said Ubaldo was a cousin of
the Sorianos.
The victims' bodies were found in the basement of their home
that was set on fire in Irondequoit, a suburb of Rochester, New
York, authorities said.
Moreno Santiago and her two children were buried in the southern
Puerto Rican coastal town of Salinas, her hometown.
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