Mexico OKs extradition in Colo. shooting
A man accused of killing a Denver police officer can be extradited to the United States, the Consulate General of Mexico said.
Raul Gomez-Garcia was charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder in the death of Detective Donald Young and the wounding of Detective John H. Bishop in May while the men were working off-duty as security for a party.
He has been jailed in Mexico since he was captured there in June.
Gomez-Garcia has 15 working days to appeal, the Mexican Consulate said in a news release Thursday. If he does not, he could be returned to Colorado before the end of the year, Denver district attorney’s spokeswoman Lynn Kimbrough said.
“It kind of gets rid of that cloud that’s over our head,” Young’s widow, Kelly, told KUSA-TV. “The biggest thing is we want to see him back here and we want to see him go through our justice system.”
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Mexico to return Denver murder suspect
A Mexican suspect in the shooting death of a Denver detective has not appealed his extradition and will be sent back from his Mexico City jail cell.
Raul Gomez-Garcia, 20, did not appeal the Mexican government`s extradition decision issued on Thanksgiving Day, and the 15-day appeal period has passed, the Denver Post reported.
Gomez-Garcia is charged with second-degree murder in Donald Young`s death and with attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of Detective John Bishop. He is accused of ambushing the two uniformed off-duty detectives while they provided security at a party at a social hall
A high-ranking Mexican diplomat in Denver for the inauguration of the country's new consulate offices said his government supported the extradition to Colorado of accused cop killer Raul Gomez-Garcia.
Geronimo Gutierrez, Mexico's undersecretary for North America in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the Mexican government "strongly believes (Gomez-Garcia) should face justice here.
"Mexico has no interest in harboring criminals," he said. "The Mexican government is working and will be granting the extradition from an executive branch perspective."
However, Gutierrez said Gomez-Garcia's case would soon be entering the judicial phase in Mexico, which was subject to a number of variables that
Mexico High Court Allows Drug Extradition to U.S., Reforma Says
Mexico may send its citizens to stand trial abroad where a life sentence is possible, opening the door for extradition of drug traffickers sought by the U.S., the Supreme Court ruled, according to daily Reforma.
The court previously held Mexico couldn't grant U.S. extradition requests for alleged drug traffickers because the life sentences they faced violated the Mexican constitution. The court yesterday ruled that Mexican judges can impose multiple sentences that are effectively no different from a life sentence in the U.S., making extradition permissible, Reforma said.
Convicted drug traffickers
Teen sought in fatal shooting may be headed for Mexico
A shooting early Saturday in the Semmes community near Mobile left one man dead and his brother wounded, a sheriff's spokeswoman said.
Abel Perez Jimenez, 23, was killed in the 3:30 a.m. shooting. His brother, Marcario Perez Jimenez, 19, was hospitalized with a gunshot wound.
Mobile County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Christina Bowersox said the shooting resulted from an argument between three men.
Deputies were looking for 18-year-old Luis Manuel Saenz Perez, also known as Augustin Velasquez, for questioning. He is believed to be headed for Mexico with his 14-year-old sister, Bowersox said.
They left
Mexico Calls for Probe in Border Shooting
The Mexican government called for an investigation Friday into a shooting by two federal agents that left one person dead at the worlds busiest border crossing. A union representing the Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting defended the officers conduct.
The shooting took place Thursday afternoon after U.S. agents surrounded a sport utility vehicle that was under surveillance on suspicion of immigrant smuggling, police said.
The driver refused to get out, and when agents smashed the vehicles window with a baton, he accelerated in the direction of five U.S. agents blocking his
Mexico overturns extradition ban
The Mexican Supreme Court has overturned a ban on extraditing suspects facing life sentences, allowing them to be sent to the United States.
The ruling followed a decision by the Chihuahua state government to modify its penal code to include life sentences for those convicted homicide and kidnapping, El Universal reported Wednesday.
Mexico will, however, refrain from sending suspects to U.S. states that have the death penalty, which was banned earlier this year.
Among those most likely to face trial in the United States are drug smugglers. It also applies to U.S. citizens who flee to
Mexico-Vzla treaty takes effect despite spat
An extradition treaty between Mexico and Venezuela went into effect on Thursday,
a move the Mexican government said shows the relationship between the two nations is moving forward despite a diplomatic spat that saw both countries withdraw their ambassadors earlier this month.
The agreement, which provides for the extradition of citizens of both countries, was signed in 1998, formalized on Oct. 25 and went into effect Thursday.
“The entry into effect of this treaty shows the clear interest of Mexico and Venezuela to broaden their legal frameworks and, in the current context, demonstrates their willingness not only
Shooting condemned by Mexico
Mexican officials from San Diego to Mexico City yesterday condemned the fatal shooting of a teenager by a U.S. Border Patrol agent and announced a homicide investigation into the migrant's death.
The Mexican federal Attorney General's Office said in a statement yesterday that the investigation would involve "whoever is found to have been responsible" but did not name a suspect.
Guillermo Martinez Rodriguez, believed to be about 18, was wounded by a single gunshot to the back of his right shoulder near the San Ysidro Port of Entry on Friday, said Luis Cabrera, the head of the Mexican
Mexico OKs Request to Close Copper Mine
Mexican labor authorities approved Grupo Mexico SAs request to close the La Caridad copper mine and cancel the collective contract after a three-month strike, a company official said Friday.
Juan Rebolledo, vice president for international affairs for Grupo Mexico, said the labor arbitration board approved the closure of the mine in northwestern Sonora state, and that the company can now cancel the contract which involves at least 1,200 unionized workers.
About 700 nonunion staff and 800 contract workers also will be affected, although the company can later reopen the mine with other workers once the
UPDATE 1-Mexico Congress OKs $184 bln balanced 2006 budget
Mexico's Congress on Tuesday approved a $184 billion balanced budget, the first spending plan in a decade with no deficit, but lawmakers rejected President Vicente Fox's more ambitious proposal to end his last year in office with a budget surplus.
The lower house of deputies passed the budget, adding about $8 billion in additional funds to Fox's original proposals for education, infrastructure and reconstruction after Hurricanes Stan and Wilma devastated parts of southern Mexico and its Caribbean coast resorts.
Fox initially proposed a budget surplus of 0.2 percent of gross domestic product in 2006,
