Honduran National Arrested in Two Murders Across California and New Jersey

Alfonso Inestroza, 31, is accused of crossing the country between two murders and evading federal fugitive warrants for nearly a year before a SWAT team pulled him out of Hollister, California on March 5, 2026. The Honduran national, also known as Franquin Inestroza-Martinez, now faces homicide charges in two states after prosecutors in both California and New Jersey confirmed he is a suspect in killings nearly 3,000 miles and ten months apart.

The California case centers on the death of Kembery Ninoska Chirinos-Flores, 24, who was found shot inside her car near 1225 Vienna Drive at the Plaza Del Rey mobile home park in Sunnyvale just before 9:40 p.m. on January 7, 2026. Investigators allege the killing was a premeditated ambush during what should have been a routine custody exchange. Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety Chief Dan Pistor said at a March briefing: "Kembery was in the prime of her life. She was working two jobs, and she was the loving mother of a 5-year-old son."

Inestroza was arrested alongside co-defendant Gerzon Chirinos, also known as Gerzon Chirinos-Munguia, the father of Chirinos-Flores's young child. Chirinos had a history of domestic violence-related offenses involving a different victim in 2018 and was on probation at the time of his arrest. Authorities recovered a shotgun they believe was the murder weapon, though they have not yet publicly stated which man fired the fatal shots. A third man, 30-year-old Jorge Bolaños Guerra, was later named in a criminal complaint as aiding and abetting in the killing.

The New Jersey thread traces back to the night of March 17, 2025, when Trenton police responded to a call from the 300 block of Dayton Street and found Sacalxot, 55, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the torso. A city resident had called 911 to report bullet holes in their home caused by a shooting from an attached residence. Esteban Vicente Sacalxot, a Trenton resident, was pronounced dead at the scene. The Mercer County Homicide Task Force named Inestroza as a suspect and issued arrest warrants, which were picked up by the U.S. Marshals NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force. He remained at large for months.

After allegedly shooting Sacalxot in Trenton, Inestroza evaded both the Mercer County Homicide Task Force and U.S. Marshals for months, eventually resurfacing nearly three thousand miles away in Hollister, where authorities allege he became involved in what investigators describe as a premeditated ambush of a young mother. The coordinated March 5 arrest operation spanned two counties and brought in multiple law enforcement agencies alongside Sunnyvale's SWAT team.

Inestroza is currently held in Santa Clara County Jail. He faces extradition proceedings as Mercer County prosecutors press their own murder case, meaning both jurisdictions must now negotiate the sequencing of charges, evidence sharing, and trial scheduling. The ballistic evidence connecting the recovered shotgun to the Sunnyvale scene will be a central point of contention for defense counsel, as will the chain of custody across the multi-agency investigation that ultimately closed the gap between Dayton Street in Trenton and Vienna Drive in Sunnyvale.