A conference was held to address allegations that Alcala had embarked on an unauthorized trip to Mexico and contacted a co-defendant in the case, thus violating the conditions of his pre-trial release. Although Alcala did confess that he took a trip to Mexico, he denied that he had made any contact with a co-defendant. According to a statement in the Deseret News, Alcala's attorney, Ron Yengich, argued that Alcala did make numerous attempts to obtain permission to go to Mexico.
According to a statement from prosecutor, Scott Romney, issues had arose regarding Alcala's release specifically problems with the GPS monitoring device that is ''not responding, leading to some discussion it's been tampered with.''
U.S. District Magistrate Judge David Nuffer had deemed Alcala as a 'manageable' flight risk, however, Alcala was sent back to prison when it was discovered that he had breached his pre-trial conditions. According to a statement published in the Deseret News, Judge Nuffer said that he ''intended to propose conditions to mitigate that risk. I had him surrender his passport in the naive view that would disable him from international travel ... but I find he didn't make an attempt to contact (his supervising officer) about traveling to Mexico.''
