Joke of the day.
Posted on 06/27/2008 12:56:06 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Amid fierce U.S. government protests over the release of a suspect in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, Mexico yesterday pledged close cooperation with U.S. authorities. But Mexican officials said they have yet to receive a request for his extradition or arrest.
Jesús Navarro Montes, who is suspected of drug smuggling, is accused by U.S. authorities of driving a sport utility vehicle over agent Luis Aguilar in January near the U.S.-Mexico border west of Yuma. Navarro was released from a Mexicali prison earlier this month after Judge Laura Serrano Alderete, of the Baja California 12th District, cleared him of an unrelated migrant-smuggling charge.
Mexican federal prosecutors are appealing Serrano's ruling, saying it was based on a technicality. But their hands have been tied on the more serious homicide charge because the U.S. government has yet to formally demand Navarro's detention, said Ricardo Alday, spokesman for the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C.
“To this day, the U.S. has not presented us with an extradition request, an arrest warrant, nor with evidence so we can move to prosecute him on the Aguilar case,” Alday said.
As far back as February, Mexican officials asked U.S. authorities to seek Navarro's extradition or provide evidence so that Navarro could be held in Mexico, Alday said. “Mexico is really committed to working with the United States. We want justice to be served,” Alday said.
The status of U.S. requests for Navarro's extradition or arrest remained unclear yesterday. The FBI office in San Diego, which is investigating the case, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security referred questions to the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Diego.
Debra Hartman, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, wrote in response to an e-mail yesterday that “we have no comment at this time” as to why neither an arrest warrant nor an extradition request nor evidence in the case has been presented to Mexican authorities.
After Navarro's release became public Wednesday, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said in a written statement that “we are shocked and appalled.”
Chertoffdiscussed the issue yesterday with Eduardo Medina-Mora, Mexico's federal attorney general, said Laura Keehner, a Homeland Security Department spokeswoman.
Medina-Mora “assured Secretary Chertoff that they will vigorously appeal the judge's decision,” Keehner said. “He expressed once again the government of Mexico's condolences to the family of the slain Border Patrol agent Luis Aguilar.”
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“we are shocked and appalled.”
Yes , WE are.
Let’s just go get him, dump him over the border and stash him at Gitmo. For some discussions.....
Hmm...
Yep. Is this a Bush screw up or a Clinton screw up? Since Bush left all the Clintonistas in place, it’s hard to tell.
Joke of the day.
Which means 'Senor Montes will receive from us an award check for running over Mr Aguilar, who was trying to prevent free passage of the Mexican people onto land that is rightfully theirs'.
“To this day, the U.S. has not presented us with an extradition request, an arrest warrant, nor with evidence so we can move to prosecute him on the Aguilar case,” Alday said.”
Interesting comment.
Keeping in mind Jorge El Segundo’s noted Mexicanophilic propensities, it should be relatively easy to refute this claim by someone in the U.S. government producing a copy of a request for extradition.
An extradition request to Mexico would be futile because Mexico won’t extradite a suspect who could be charged with a capital crime and be subject to the death penalty.
“Yep. Is this a Bush screw up or a Clinton screw up? Since Bush left all the Clintonistas in place, it’s hard to tell.”
Eight years out and you are still looking to blame Clinton!!!!!!!!! First Kosovo and the administration’s pet Mohammedan terrorists/McCain’s paymasters and now the border? No wonder the Republicans will be crushed in November.
“. Is this a Bush screw up or a Clinton screw up? Since Bush left all the Clintonistas in place, it’s hard to tell.”
This is a “reaching across the isle” screw up. Yes, it’s getting more difficult by the day to tell, isn’t it? That should concern everyone.
Horrifying how these innocent BP agents were framed. No pardons for them from Bush. An expose needs to be done on Johnny Sutton,
This goes to show that when Gil Hernandez shot at the tire's of the van that was trying to run over & kill him, he did the right thing. When the SPP Mexican Gov’t demanded he be railroaded it was done. Agent Aguilar most likely did not draw his gun in time to save his life because of cases like C.R.H.S. ! That's why I blame Pres. Jorge.
What a terrible messiage this all sends.
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