Fugitive arrested in 1997 murder-for-hire slaying over lowrider business

One of two fugitive brothers on the run for 18 years in connection with a murder-for-hire killing was finally caught hiding in Mexico, while the remaining sibling remains on the loose, the FBI announced Thursday.

Ruben Lopez Ramirez was arrested Oct. 15 by Mexican law enforcement after FBI agents tracked him to an area in Guadalajara, the FBI said. Lopez Ramirez is a Mexican national and will be tried there for the 1997 murder of 60-year-old Leonard Miller.

His brother, David Lopez Ramirez, is still on the run.

The FBI has offered a $10,000 reward for an information leading to the arrest and conviction of David Lopez Ramirez.

Miller was one of the owners of “Low Rider Hydraulics,” a car parts supply business in San Jose that was in direct competition with the brothers.

The siblings operated “Red’s Hydraulics” in Long Beach, which also sold custom lowrider parts.

According to the FBI, the custom lowrider supply industry is fiercely competitive and lucrative.

Investigators believe the brothers hired and ordered the three men, who were associated with the Mexican Mafia, to kill Miller, the FBI said.

The three men were found guilty of killing Miller, but the brothers fled the country.

The siblings were featured on America’s Most Wanted numerous times, according to the FBI.

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