SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – The husband of a woman killed during a carjacking in April near Winter Springs has been arrested and indicted on a federal charge.
Miguel Angel Aguasvivas Lizardo was charged with conspiracy to engage in money laundering. According to the federal indictment, prosecutors said Lizardo has acted as a courier for drug money for years, including the trip taken by his wife, 31-year-old Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvivas, which ended in her death.
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Aguasvivas was stopped on April 11 at a traffic light at the intersection of East Lake Drive and Tuskawilla Road in her Dodge Durango when a masked gunman carrying a 10mm automatic handgun got out of a green Acura and entered her SUV, apparently forcing her to drive off at gunpoint. The incident was captured on video by another driver.
Before the carjacking was captured on video, the driver of the green car started ramming into the back bumper of Aguasvivas’ vehicle, Sheriff Dennis Lemma said, who added that she then called her husband to say she was being followed.
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Less than two hours later, the Durango was found ablaze in Osceola County after witnesses reported hearing gunshots at a construction site near Boggy Creek Road, Lemma said, adding that the vehicle was damaged so badly that it could not be identified. Aguasvivas’ body was found in the vehicle, officials said.
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The sheriff said Lizardo initially told authorities his wife was traveling to Central Florida to visit family, but authorities were not aware of any relatives living in the area, nor were there any records of Aguasvivas or her husband having any connections to the area.
Investigators later discovered that Aguasvivas had been in Casselberry to meet another man — Giovany Crespo Hernandez, 27 — to retrieve $170,000 in proceeds from illicit drug trafficking.
Crespo Hernandez and three other men conspired to rob her of the money, leading to the fatal carjacking, investigators later announced.
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