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Updated: 2:39 PM- Rosa Hernandez says a Monday evening phone call from authorities has finally given her some closure in the death of her daughter, shot and killed during a botched Glendale robbery in August 2007.

U.S. Marshals told Hernandez the gunman long sought in the slaying of the 24-year-old hairdresser, Miguel Mateos-Martinez, had been arrested in Ensenada, Mexico.

Mateos-Martinez, one of the only Utahns to be added to the U.S. Marshals list of its "Top 15 Most Wanted Fugitives," was nabbed by U.S. Marshals stationed in Mexico on July 13 - almost 11 months after Faviola was murdered.

"I'm happy and sad because I know that she's never going to come back," Rosa Hernandez said. "But at least we have peace. We are happy that he is going to pay for what he did."

Salt Lake City police said the arrest took place without incident near a Mexican residence where he was staying. Mateos-Martinez reportedly fled to Mexico days after the shooting, but police said they weren't sure if he had stayed there the whole time - only that he had been living there for at least a couple of months before he was caught.

Police made the announcement on Tuesday at the Bushwacker Hair and Tanning salon at 1329 W. California Ave. where Faviola was killed. Family members and friends gathered to thank police and members of the U.S. and Salt Lake District Attorney's Office for finding Mateos-Martinez, who is currently being held in a Mexico City prison.

Salt Lake City councilman Van Turner said it would take about six months to bring Mateos-Martinez back to Utah.

More than a dozen or so family members wearing black T shirts with a picture of Faviola laughed and smiled as they talked about the arrest. Rosa Hernandez held a large picture frame with Faviola's beauty shot.

"People come and kill and think they can get away with it," Rosa Hernandez said. "Justice is served. All we asked for was justice."

Faviola's sister, Laura, 13, who was in the salon with her brother, Jose, 8, when Faviola was fatally shot, said she couldn't believe her sister's killer was in jail.

"We thought they weren't going to find him, especially so soon before the one-year anniversary [of her death]," Laura said. "There's just so many emotions we're going through."

Jose Hernandez Sr. said the family received a call from the U.S. Marshals on Monday around 5 p.m. Laura said the family broke out in tears of joy. Rosa Hernandez said Jose said he was going to get his bicycle right away. Her son had been afraid to ride his bicycle for those 11 months out of fear that Mateos-Martinez would shoot him as well.

Rosa Hernandez said she hasn't been able to move Faviola's belongings from where she last left them. She wants everything to stay intact, including her last memory of Faviola.

"She walked through the door and said 'I love you, I'll call you right back,' but she never called back," Rosa Hernandez said. "We have to realize that rich people can have as much money as you want...but money can't buy you a life. I wish I had enough money to bring her back."

A Salt Lake City jury found getaway car driver Jesus A. Jimenez, 23, guilty in connection with the murder. Jesus A. Jimenez will be sentenced Aug. 18 on two first-degree felony counts of murder and aggravated robbery. He faces up to life in prison.