Suspect held in Mexico
By Hugh Dellios and David Heinzmann, Tribune staff reporters. Tribune foreign correspondent Hugh Dellios reported from Mexico, and staff reporter David Heinzmann reported from Chicago.
The FBI and Mexican authorities on Wednesday arrested a man charged in the January 2005 slaying of a restaurant hostess and Evanston native who was beaten and strangled in her North Side apartment.
Roberto Ramirez, 25, was identified almost immediately as the main suspect in the Jan. 24 killing of Melissa Dorner, 21, whose body was found in her apartment. Ramirez who lived in the same building in the 6100 block of North Winthrop Avenue, went to Mexico. Police found Ramirez’s hair and some of his clothing and other evidence in the apartment, a police source said.
A tip on his location came after the FBI case agent, Pablo Araya, appeared on a Mexican television show in November to seek help in the search for Ramirez, an FBI spokeswoman said. Agents of the Mexican Federal Investigations Agency arrested Ramirez Wednesday outside the residence where he was staying in a Mexico City suburb.
Dorner’s mother said FBI agents told her Ramirez was on his way to work when he was arrested Wednesday.
“He was getting in his car to go to work, and he didn’t put up a fight. How about that?” Mary Pat Dorner said. “He was living a normal life–that’s what I said to myself.”
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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
Mexico extradites drug lord suspect
Alleged drug kingpin Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix was extradited to the United States on Saturday to face drug charges, becoming the first major Mexican drug lord suspect to be sent north for trial.
Mexicos extradition of the man who is suspected of having once run the Arellano Félix drug clan was a victory for U.S. officials, who have been pushing Mexico to send them more drug lords.
Arellano Félix was loaded into a helicopter in Matamoros, then flown across the border and handed over to Texas officials in Brownsville after serving a 10-year sentence in Mexico. He will
Suspect arrested in northern Mexico in connection with series of rapes
Mexico Authorities say a Guatemalan man originally arrested for burglary is now being questioned in a series of rapes in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.
Ulises Ernesto Mijangos (mee-HAN'-goes) was arrested Tuesday in Chihuahua -- the capital city of the state of the same name. State Attorney General Patricia Gonzalez Rodriguez says Mijangos was initial charged in a break-in but was later identified as a sex-crimes suspect by state prosecutors.
Chihuahua authorities are seeking the man responsible for at least two rapes since 2003 in the Chihuahua's capital and seven
Suspect arrested in northern Mexico in connection with series of rapes
Mexico Authorities say a Guatemalan man originally arrested for burglary is now being questioned in a series of rapes in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.
Ulises Ernesto Mijangos (mee-HAN'-goes) was arrested Tuesday in Chihuahua -- the capital city of the state of the same name. State Attorney General Patricia Gonzalez Rodriguez says Mijangos was initial charged in a break-in but was later identified as a sex-crimes suspect by state prosecutors.
Chihuahua authorities are seeking the man responsible for at least two rapes since 2003 in the Chihuahua's capital and seven
Mexico snares Boston bomb hoax suspect
A man accused of making a phony threat of a nuclear attack on Boston earlier this year has been arrested in Mexico, authorities said Monday.
The scare in January prompted authorities to alert the public and to increase security at the airport and on the subway. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney skipped President Bush's inauguration to return to Boston. Within days, the FBI called it a false alarm.
Mexican authorities arrested Jose Ernesto Beltran Quinonez, 34, early Saturday in Mexicali, a border city about 120 miles east of San Diego, the FBI said.
A three-count indictment charges Beltran with
Largest Indian Engineering Goods exhibit held in Mexico
The largest Indian Engineering Goods Exhibition held in Mexico City for three days from October 12, generated on the spot business worth more than one million dollar and business inquiries worth over ten million dollars.
Organised under the banner of Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC), more than 150 leading Indian companies from as diverse sectors as auto components, forgings, castings, hand tools electrical equipment, non-ferrous metal and agricultural implements took part in the day long extravaganza, also the first of its kind in South America.
On his return from the exhibition EEPC Chairman Rakesh
Milwaukee cops: Picnic killer may be in Mexico
An illegal immigrant suspected of fatally shooting two picnickers and wounding three others may have fled to Mexico, police said Wednesday.
Police identified the suspect in Mondays shooting as Octaviano Juarez-Corro. He had not been formally charged but police Capt. Timothy Burkee said charges could come this week.
Juarez-Corro, 32, is accused of firing on a group of people at South Shore Park on Memorial Day in what authorities call a domestic dispute possibly related to recently filed divorce papers.
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Gulf of Mexico dolphin deaths reported
Scientists concerned by bottlenose dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico have reportedly asked for the marine mammal equivalent of a disaster declaration.
A 12-member working group of scientists voted Monday to recommend the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration add the dolphin deaths to an "unusual mortality event" the group declared in March for manatees, the Naples (Fla.) Daily News reported Tuesday.
The scientists suspect "red tide" is responsible for the deaths and NOAA is expected to initiate a study of the microscopic algae bloom's effects on dolphins, manatees, sea turtles and even seabirds.
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Calderon leads Mexico presidential race
Mexicos ruling party candidate held onto his narrow lead in the disputed presidential election after a partial recount of votes, the top electoral court said Monday in a strong indication that conservative Felipe Calderon will be declared the winner.
But the judges held off on naming the president-elect and still have the option to annul the election.
Calderons leftist challenger Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador reacted to the courts announcement in outrage, calling on supporters never to accept Calderon as president and asking them to decide if he should form a parallel government or carry on a nationwide campaign
Mexico's Fernanda grows into hurricane
Forecasters promoted Tropical Storm Fernanda to hurricane status early today, but it held little threat to land.
Fernanda was well out to sea in the Pacific and was moving to the west-northwest, away from the Baja California Peninsula. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said it had winds of about 75 mph.
A second disturbance trailing behind Fernanda was gaining force and forecasters said it could grow into a tropical storm. But it, too, held little danger to those ashore.
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