Long Shot is a 2017 short documentary film about how Juan Catalan was arrested for a murder he did not commit.

A TV show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, contains raw footage that was instrumental in proving his innocence.

In August 2003, Juan Catalan was arrested for the murder of Martha Puebla in Los Angeles County, California.

[4] Puebla had been a witness at the hearing of gangster Mario Catalan (Juan's brother) a few days prior which he had attended.

Police officers arrested him, as he fit the facial composite a witness described.