I guess it was not a Central American country then, huh....
By KEVIN MURPHY - The Kansas City Star Date: 08/16/01 22:15
WASHINGTON -- Whoever murdered Missouri native Larry Lee in his apartment in Guatemala 19 months ago left a bloody towel, stole his cell phone and used it to make calls. Two clear leads for police, both overlooked.
Whoever killed University of Kansas student Shannon Martin as she walked home from a bar in Costa Rica three months ago is also still at large. The pace of the investigation has frustrated Martin's mother and a U.S. senator from Kansas.
Families of those who become crime victims in some foreign countries often learn a hard lesson about getting justice and what little the United States can do about it. "We as Americans tend to think that most criminal justice systems are a lot like ours, that we are going to have some sense of the procedures and will have rights," said Lara Murray of the National Center for Victims of Crime. "That's not true in a lot of the world."
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"We are frustrated, too," said State Department spokesman Christopher Lamora. "The embassy has pressured the Guatemalan government as much as it possibly can.... "The bottom line is that no U.S. law enforcement agency is going to become engaged in investigating a crime in another country without a request from the host government or law enforcement officials in that country."
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The FBI has three Florida-based agents who deal full time with investigations in Central American countries, but only with clearance from the State Department and the foreign governments, an FBI spokeswoman said.
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http://www.kcstar.com/item/pages/printer.pat,local/3acce6c8.816,.html
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The US gov't is not going to push Aruba too hard on this one...Aruba is currently used by the US in the drug war (the US uses an airbase on the island...which also explains the presence of the DEA agent when Natalie was first reported missing).
Finally, if you are going to call for a boycott of Aruba due to what you perceive is their inability to solve this crime, then I would ask that you also call for a boycott of every other country which has failed to solve a case involving a missing American (looks like Costa Rica and Guatemala to start). While you are at it, call for a boycott of those states which also have unsolved missing persons (which would be every state in the US).
Fine
We can start with your Aruba.
No investigations in central america or mehico. I am aware of the corruption in those locations per say high crimes and misdemeanors. What about you? Are you a law enforcement officer?
So are we to remain silent when this happens to Americans? Presently, were are talkng about Natalee, not the past unsolved crimes to which you mentioned.
Inclosing, (May I count on you in this effort to boycott Aruba?) I myself will never ever allow one cent of my money go to Aruba and wish a ban would be placed on this forbidden island. Are you with us or against us? NSNR