HOUSTON, Texas – A man accused of fatally shooting his ex-wife’s husband on New Year’s Eve in 2011 has been arrested and extradited to the U.S., Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare announced Friday.
Louis Armando Rojas, 38, was charged with murder after investigators said he went to his ex-wife’s home in west Harris County on Dec. 31, 2011, and fatally shot her husband, Louis Ernesto Lopera, after an altercation.
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In 2017, authorities said they were made aware that Rojas was promoting himself on YouTube as a Mixed Martial Arts fighter in El Salvador. Authorities filed a Red Notice through INTERPOL, and on Dec. 6, 2023, Rojas was arrested in El Salvador, and the Government of El Salvador approved the extradition request in July 2025.
He is now in Houston and in the custody of local law enforcement officials.
“I’m deeply thankful for the relentless efforts of our Fugitive Apprehension Unit, the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs, the U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force, and the Government of El Salvador in securing Rojas’ extradition and bringing him to justice,” Teare said. “This latest effort sends a clear message: we will stop at nothing to hold perpetrators accountable—especially when they have taken the life of an innocent person in our community.”
Rojas’s case will be heard in the 180th District Court.