Suspect in killing of Northern California deputies was previously deported, authorities say

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A pair of Placer County sheriff’s deputies embrace after a suspect was arrested who allegedly shot and killed two deputes, wounded a third and a bystander during a series of shootings that spanned across two California counties. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

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Law enforcement officers gather at the site where a Sacramento County sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot by an assailant who then allegedly carjacked two vehicles and prompted a manhunt that ended with two other deputies wounded, one mortally, along with a motorist. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

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Law enforcement officers in tactical gear leave the Gold County Fairgrounds to help search for an assailant who shot three sheriff’s deputies, killing two, and wounded a motorist in two Northern California counties. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

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A law enforcement sniper team sets up during the search for an assailant who shot three sheriff’s deputies in two Northern California counties. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

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A California Highway Patrol car and other law enforcement vehicles set up a roadblock near Placer High School leading to a rural area where authorities were searching for an assailant who shot three sheriff’s deputies in two Northern California counties. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

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Sacramento County sheriff’s spokeswoman Sgt. Lisa Bowman talks to reporters about the fatal shooting of a Sacramento County deputy by an assailant who then carjacked two vehicles, prompting a manhunt that ended with another deputy dead and a third deputy and a motorist wounded. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

By Harriet Ryan

and Alan Zarembo

Oct. 25, 2014 5:58 PM PT

U.S. immigration officials said Saturday that the man accused of killing two Northern California sheriff’s deputies Friday is a convicted drug dealer who was twice deported from the country.

Luis Enrique Monroy Bracamonte, 34, has been booked on charges of murder, attempted murder and carjacking in connection with a rampage through Sacramento and Placer counties that left two sheriff’s deputies dead, another injured and a civilian seriously wounded.

Monroy, an undocumented immigrant, was deported in 1997 following his arrest and conviction in Arizona for possession of narcotics for sale, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He was arrested and repatriated to Mexico a second time in 2001.

The agency has lodged an immigration detainer asking the Sacramento County Sheriff Office to transfer Monroy to ICE custody if he is released so that it can begin deportation proceedings.

Monroy was charged under the name Marcelo Marquez, but officials now say that was an alias.

He is accused in the deaths of Sacramento County sheriff’s Deputy Danny Oliver and Placer County sheriff’s Det. Michael David Davis Jr. Authorities have said that he used an AR-15-type assault rifle to kill the officers and wound another deputy and a civilian.

His wife, 38-year-old Janelle Marquez Monroy, who allegedly accompanied him for much of Friday’s six-hour rampage, was booked on attempted murder and carjacking charges.

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