SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Marshals Service announced late Wednesday that agents arrested a man in the Dominican Republic sought in the killing of four people in New York last year, including two children.

Luis Francisco Soriano, also known as Jefry Yevo, had been working at a hotel in the popular tourist coastal town of Punta Cana, the agency said in a statement.

Soriano had originally fled to Puerto Rico after the killings but then jumped on a boat to his native Dominican Republic after becoming aware that federal marshals were in the U.S. territory, authorities said.

U.S. Marshals said it worked with Dominican authorities to arrest 31-year-old Soriano. His brother, Julio Pimentel Soriano, was arrested shortly after the August 2024 killings and has pleaded not guilty. Police have said the brothers are related to one of the victims.

The Sorianos were accused in the killings of Fraime Ubaldo, 30; Marangely Moreno Santiago, 26; Evangeline Ubaldo Moreno, 4; and Sebastián Ubaldo Moreno, 2. Police said Ubaldo was a cousin of the Sorianos.

— The Associated Press