A man suspected of attempted homicide in California was being held in the Yuma County jail this week while awaiting extradition to California.

Anatolio Chavez Jr., age and hometown unavailable, was turned over to the U.S. Marshals Service in San Luis, Ariz., on Tuesday after being arrested in San Luis Rio Colorado, Son., days earlier for providing a false Mexican birth certificate, the Marshals Service said in a news release.

He was wanted on a charge of attempted homicide in San Bernardino County, Calif. A warrant for his arrest had been issued by that county's Superior Court on Dec. 12, the Marshals Service said.