Sentenced: Grand Island Fugitive Wanted For Child Abuse Death Arrested In Guatemala

[Sugar Cookie]

Ryan Rivera-Meister, 25, was arrested Friday morning in Chahal, a city in the Alta Verapaz department of Guatemala. He is in custody awaiting extradition.

Rivera-Meister was charged in connection with the August 2016 death of 16-month-old Xavier Ruiz-Alvarado.

Court records filed at the time of the baby’s death indicated that he had brain and stomach injuries consistent with the use of blunt force. Police records indicate the baby suffered the injuries while in Rivera-Meister’s care. Police believed at the time that Rivera-Meister had fled the country after the baby’s death.

Grand Island police did not report the circumstances of Rivera-Meister’s arrest in Guatemala. The charge pending against him is Intentional Child Abuse Resulting in Death.

Grand Island child abuse suspect arrested in Guatemala

A man wanted for a 2016 child abuse death case in Grand Island was arrested last week in Guatemala.

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Exzavier Rehnel Ruiz Alvarado

 

[Sejanus]

It would be more efficient to just have a gang down there kill him for 10 grand.
Cheaper too!

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A Grand Island man accused of killing a baby five years ago is now back in Nebraska after he fled to Guatemala.

Grand Island police arrested Ryan Rivera-Meister, 26, Wednesday afternoon at the Central Nebraska Regional Airport after federal officials handed him over.

He’s in the Hall County Detention Center on $2 million bond.

Rivera-Meister is wanted for the August 2016 death of 16-month-old Xavier Ruiz-Alvarado.

Court records filed at the time of the baby’s death indicated that he had brain and stomach injuries consistent with the use of blunt force. Police records indicate the baby suffered the injuries while in Rivera-Meister’s care.

Grand Island Police Captain Jim Duering said “we’re happy to get the case back on track and push it through the justice system.”

He added it was quite an accomplishment by local, state, federal and international agencies which took part.

Rivera is charged with felony intentional child abuse resulting in death.

MSN

 

[Sugar Cookie]

27-year-old Ryan Rivera-Meister was sentenced to 40-50 years for felony attempted child abuse.

Rivera-Meister was accused of killing 16-month-old Xavier Ruiz-Alvarado in August 2016. Court records indicate the child, who Rivera-Meister had been watching for his girlfriend, died from head and stomach wounds consistent with blunt force.

Court records show Rivera-Meister fled the country shortly after the baby’s death and was extradited from Guatemala in March 2022.

MSN

 

[BuffettGirl]

Dude, the "Bieber" haircut went out in the mid 2010's. Maybe not in the jungles of Guatemala where your cowardly ass has been hiding out though?

 

[Sejanus]

Beat him with a baseball bat until he starts crapping out organs or bone fragments.