Woman Captured At US-Mexico Border Charged In Big Beaver Fire

(Sandy Giordano/Beaver County Radio)

Ana Cecelia de Mireles, 45, was captured at the US-Mexico border by US Marshals on homicide and arson charges in connection with  a fire and  homicide at a Big Beaver rental home on March 14, 2021. She fled to Mexico following the fatal fire. de Mireles was charged by Beaver Falls Police and Beaver County Detectives last week and placed. in the Beaver County Jail.

Mireles faces 2 charges of criminal homicide, 2 counts of arson, 1 count of criminal conspiracy, 1 count of abuse of a corpse, 1 count of tampering with/fabricating physical evidence, and 1 count of flight to avoid apprehension, trial or punishment.

She faces a preliminary hearing in Beaver County Central Court on  Tuesday, June 13 at 8:45 a.m.