A Mexican national wanted in connection with a decade-old, drug-related massacre of 19 people in the Baja California resort town of Ensenada has been captured and turned over to Mexican authorities, U.S. immigration officials said today.

Officers confronted Jesus Ruben Moncada, 33, at his Los Angeles home Thursday night as he took out the garbage.

Moncada, who did not resist arrest, was taken into custody on administrative immigration violations and was returned under heavy security Friday to Mexico where he faces first degree murder, attempted murder and kidnapping charges.

Moncada told officers he fled to the United States in 1998, illegally crossing the border near San Ysidro, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

"This man is suspected of being involved in one of the most heinous mass killings in recent times," Brian DeMore, a field office director for ICE, said in a statement.

Moncada is accused for his role in the 1998 execution-style slaying of 19 people including eight children.

Authorities said several gunmen raided the ranch compound of an alleged drug trafficker and 18 members of his family and lined them up against a wall and shot them near the Baja California beach resort of Ensenada.

Prosecutors contend Moncada was a high-ranking member of a Felix Arellano gang, which carried out the killings to prevent the rival gang's marijuana-smuggling operation from becoming too competitive with theirs.

Moncada had been using his real name while living in the U.S., DeMore said

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