"When Ontario noodle company employee Luis Osvaldo Diego Garcia was last seen alive almost 30 years ago, San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson said, Garcia was believed to be meeting Rama Foods owner Woravit Kim Mektrakarn to receive a payment for a financial agreement. Garcia vanished after that meeting on Nov. 23, 1996, and soon after, Mektrakarn moved to his native Thailand. There, he lived under an assumed name until authorities arrested him in 2024 and extradited him to San Bernardino in January"
"But court records reviewed by the Southern California News Group show a dispute between Mektrakarn and Garcia that could have put Mektrakarn in trouble with the law. Mektrakarn and his wife owned noodle processor Rama Foods, according to information in a 2007 ruling by the California Fourth District Court of Appeal in the case of Chansak Plengsangtip, a man charged with lying to police to cover up the killing, who eventually was exonerated by a jury."
Luis Osvaldo Diego Garcia vanished after a meeting with Rama Foods owner Woravit Kim Mektrakarn on Nov. 23, 1996, when he was expected to receive payment under a financial agreement. Mektrakarn moved to Thailand shortly after and lived under an assumed name until his 2024 arrest; he was extradited to San Bernardino in January and pleaded not guilty. Court records show a labor dispute at Rama Foods: employees worked long hours without overtime. Garcia threatened to report the Mektrakarns unless paid $5,000; they paid $1,000 upfront and agreed to three installments. Coworkers learned of the deal and sought payments.
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