( CNN ) -- Over five years after Lucy Preciado was stabbed to death with a sword in front of her four children , the Los Angeles County Sheriff 's Department has their primary suspect , Preciado 's former boyfriend , in custody . Jesus Humberto Canales , an El Salvadoran national who goes by the nickname `` Chuey , '' is in the Los Angeles County Jail following his arrest in Mexico on Thursday , said Jeff Leslie , a sheriff 's department homicide detective . Preciado , 26 , was stabbed with a sword in her Lancaster , California , home on July 12 , 2008 . All of her children witnessed the stabbing . Her daughter , who was 9 years old at the time , called 911 . In the days immediately following Preciado 's killing , Canales fled to Pomona , California , before going to Las Cruces , New Mexico , Leslie said . He said the investigation led him to Las Cruces , where he missed Canales by a mere four hours ; Canales had crossed the border into Mexico . In the years since , the case was featured at least twice on the television show `` America 's Most Wanted , '' which led to hundreds of tips , Leslie said . Leslie said he and his partner , Detective Sgt . Kevin Lloyd , got a lead that seemed promising and were able to work with Mexican authorities , and also the U.S . Marshals Service , to locate Canales . Marshals arrested Canales Thursday in a small town outside of Jalisco , Mexico , Leslie said . He added that Canales had been living there with a woman and her four children since four days after Lucy Preciado was killed . Mexican authorities expelled Canales from that country and he was flown back to the United States , where LASD partners Leslie and Lloyd took custody of Canales at Los Angeles International Airport . `` After 5Â½ years it was a really satisfying feeling to put him into the back of a Los Angeles County Sheriff 's Department radio car , '' Leslie said . Canales was arrested on the warrant , issued six days after the killing , and is being held on one felony charge of murder and four felony charges of child endangerment . Bail for Canales has been set at $ 1.4 million . He is scheduled to be arraigned in L.A. County Court on Monday . In 2010 : 'Ugly Betty ' actor charged with sword murder .
Jesus Canales is in custody for the 2008 killing of Lucy Preciado in Lancaster , California , police said . Canales was arrested in Mexico Thursday and flown to Los Angeles on Saturday . Score: 6 Bail for Canales has been set at $ 1.4 million .