FBI says Laurean lacks fear
Dual citizenship may complicate arrest in Mexico
Cesar Laurean was born in Mexico. He became a U.S. citizen in 2003.
But he could still have Mexican citizenship.
The United States and Mexico are among a handful of countries that permit dual citizenship, according to Joseph Gutheinz, a criminal defense attorney who teaches criminal law at a college in Alvin, Texas.
http://www.jdnews.com/news/laurean_54571___article.html/fbi_mexico.html
Just another bump in road for Justice.
If the reward money were increased to $1m - his life would become a living hell. Coyotes & drug smugglers making plea deals for information.
We should assume he’s getting help from his family and anti-US Mexican authorities. Disguises and favors will last only so long....imagine he has no money and any funds from the US are being monitored.
We just have to be patient and wait for his capture - there may even be political stuff behind the delays.
Oh, for heaven's sake. Dual citizenship? How is it possible for a Marine to retain his citizenship and loyalty to another country? If this is possible, this seems an incredibly bad loophole for people serving in the military. More from your jdnews link,
FBI says Laurean lacks fear
...."An FBI spokesman said he could not speak to Laurean’s citizenship status.
“He is a naturalized U.S. citizen,” said Newsom Summerlin, a special agent with the Charlotte Division of the FBI. “I cannot speak to if he is, in fact, a dual citizen.”
But if Laurean did not renounce his Mexican citizenship, he still enjoys all of the rights and privileges of a native in his home country, Gutheinz said.
“When a person such as Cesar Laurean breaks American laws he has the option of simply going south to Mexico, where wanted criminals will usually escape American prosecution,” Gutheinz said. “Reportedly, Laurean is now walking the streets of his hometown in Mexico, meeting up with relatives who are not turning him in.
“He lacks the typical fear one would expect of someone on the FBI’s top 10 most wanted list.” ".....
....."Once the FBI locates and arrests a fugitive overseas, the case moves over to the Department of Justice and the State Department to begin extradition proceedings, according to Summerlin.
Gutheinz, for his part, thinks the idea of dual citizenship may require a second look.
“Questions now have to be asked,” Gutheinz said. “Why didn’t members of Laurean’s chain of command take action, and do so earlier? Was there a failure on the part of the Sheriff ’s Department and NCIS to take decisive action? How did Laurean so easily slip into Mexico? Why wasn’t the FBI waiting for Laurean side by side with Mexican law enforcement to see to it that Laurean was arrested? Is it now time to change America’s dual citizenship laws, to foster allegiance to our laws and a single flag?” "