Thread: DHS chief: U.S. will extradite suspects in ICE agent killing

Homeland chief: U.S. will extradite suspects in ICE agent killing
By STEWART POWELL Copyright 2011 HOUSTON CHRONICLE
March 3, 2011, 10:44AM


In testimony today before the House Committee on Homeland Security, the head of the sprawling agency that protects the nation at home announced that the Obama administration will ask Mexico to turn over the suspected killers of ICE agent Jaime Zapata to face trial in an American court.

Janet Napolitano made the announcement in response to a question from Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, a former federal prosecutor.

"My understanding is that (the case) will be prosecuted in the United States but those are decisions that are yet to come,â€

In testimony today before the House Committee on Homeland Security, the head of the sprawling agency that protects the nation at home announced that the Obama administration will ask Mexico to turn over the suspected killers of ICE agent Jaime Zapata to face trial in an American court.

Now we are moving in the right directions with justice for our Agent Zapata death.