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Across the border, beyond the law
Chicago Tribune ^ | October 30, 2011 | Gary Marx and David Jackson

Posted on 10/30/2011 8:38:53 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

GUADALAJARA, MEXICO— Just days before authorities charged him with sexually assaulting his own daughter, Abraham Caudel hopped a Greyhound bus from DeKalb to California, then crossed into Mexico in a pickup truck driven by his brother.

In the eight years since he returned to this sprawling city where he once lived, Caudel never changed his name or made any effort to conceal his whereabouts from U.S. or Mexican police.

"They've never looked for me," he said.

Federal law enforcement officials say finding a fugitive abroad is often difficult and dangerous. Yet it took Tribune reporters less than two days in Guadalajara to locate Caudel. Facing open warrants on charges of child sex assault and fleeing the United States to avoid prosecution, he readily agreed to an on-camera interview to profess his innocence and describe his easy escape from American justice.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Mexico
KEYWORDS: aliens; borderwars; illegalaliens; immigration
Ignorance is bliss.
1 posted on 10/30/2011 8:38:56 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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JUST DO IT!

2 posted on 10/30/2011 8:59:36 AM PDT by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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To: ConservativeStatement
Federal law enforcement officials say finding a fugitive abroad is often difficult and dangerous. Yet it took Tribune reporters less than two days in Guadalajara to locate Caudel.

Our Government, especially the DOJ is broken. The cure, I am afraid, will be very, very painful.

3 posted on 10/30/2011 9:13:49 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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4 posted on 10/30/2011 10:35:07 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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Wasn’t that hard for the Dog to find a fugitive in Mexico.


5 posted on 10/30/2011 11:03:58 AM PDT by Terry Mross (Where is the OPPOSITION party? I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
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