Thread: Mexican extradited to U.S. in death of B.P. Agent

Mexican national extradited to U.S. in death of Border Patrol agent

January 28, 2010 | 12:42 pm

A 24-year-old Mexican national has been extradited to the U.S. to stand trial on charges of drug smuggling and second-degree murder for allegedly running over a Border Patrol agent in the Imperial Valley in 2008, the U.S. attorney's office in San Diego announced today.

Jesus Navarro Montes has been taken to Houston and will be moved to the jurisdiction of the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of California, which covers San Diego and Imperial counties.

Navarro Montes has been indicted in the Jan. 19, 2008, death of agent Luis Aguilar. Aguilar was on patrol in the Imperial Sand Dunes area of Imperial County when he was struck and killed by a sport utility vehicle driven by Navarro Montes, according to the indictment.

Aguilar, a six-year Border Patrol veteran, was trying to stop the vehicle, which he believed was attempting to smuggle drugs into the U.S., officials said.

If convicted, Navarro Montes could be sentenced to 40 years on the narcotics charge and life in prison on the murder charge, prosecutors said.

Navarro Montes was first arrested by Mexican authorities near Mexicali but released in June 2008, sparking a protest from U.S. officials. He was rearrested six months later by Mexican law enforcement near the resort town of Zihuatanejo, with assistance from the FBI and U.S. marshal's office.

-- Tony Perry in San Diego

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... agent.html

this is good news that he finally will stand trial
its about dang time

You gotta have patience in these things.

The Feds screwed the extradition up in the first place, is the reason it took so long.

He ain't going anywhere now.

Contrary to what most of you think, The US and Mexico have an excellent relationship where extradition is concerned. It wasn't always that way

Originally Posted by ccsingleton

You gotta have patience in these things.

The Feds screwed the extradition up in the first place, is the reason it took so long.

He ain't going anywhere now.

Contrary to what most of you think, The US and Mexico have an excellent relationship where extradition is concerned. It wasn't always that way

More of us know about the relationship between the U.S. and Mexico in regards to extraditions than you think. We have extradition articles and News Releases here every week and sometimes several a week.

Originally Posted by ccsingleton

. . . Contrary to what most of you think, The US and Mexico have an excellent relationship where extradition is concerned. It wasn't always that way

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Thursday, January 28, 2010
United States Announces Extradition of Individual Charged in the Death of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol Agent Luis Aguilar

SAN DIEGO, Jan 28, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ---- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Karen P. Hewitt announced today the extradition of Jesus Navarro-Montes from the Republic of Mexico. According to the indictment, previously unsealed in San Diego federal court, Navarro-Montes is charged in a three-count superseding indictment with federal narcotics violations and second-degree murder in connection with the death of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol Agent Luis Aguilar on Jan. 19, 2008.

Navarro-Montes arrived today in Houston, where he will be presented in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Navarro-Montes will be transferred in the coming days by the U.S. Marshals Service to the Southern District of California where he will make his initial appearance there.

According to the superseding indictment, Agent Aguilar was on duty on Jan. 19, 2008, in the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area in Imperial County, Calif., when he was struck and killed by a Hummer H2 driven by Navarro-Montes. The superseding indictment further alleges that Navarro-Montes conspired to distribute marijuana beginning at a date unknown and continuing up to and including Jan. 19, 2008. The superseding indictment was handed up by a federal grand jury sitting in San Diego on May 6, 2009, and unsealed on May 14, 2009. The superseding indictment replaced an initial indictment handed up by a San Diego federal grand jury on Feb. 18, 2009, alleging that Navarro-Montes had possessed with intent to distribute approximately 445 kilograms of marijuana on Sept. 23, 2007.

If convicted of the charges in the superseding indictment, the defendant faces a maximum prison sentence of 40 years on the narcotics charges and a maximum sentence of life in prison on the murder charge.

The extradition announced today is the result of close cooperation between the United States and Mexican law enforcement authorities. The Department of Justice Criminal Division's Office of International Affairs was also instrumental in achieving this extradition.

The case is being investigated by the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Border Patrol - El Centro and Yuma Sectors.

The case is being prosecuted in San Diego federal court by Assistant U.S. Attorneys David Leshner and Todd W. Robinson.

An indictment is not evidence that the defendant committed the crimes charged. The defendant is presumed innocent until the government meets its burden in court of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

SOURCE U.S. Department of Justice

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I would hope this criminal will be executed.

Originally Posted by BrazenTempest

I would hope this crimnal will be executed.

The article says

If convicted of the charges in the superseding indictment, the defendant faces a maximum prison sentence of 40 years on the narcotics charges and a maximum sentence of life in prison on the murder charge.

Mexico won't extradite a Mexican citizen unless we wave the death penalty.

Originally Posted by BrazenTempest

I would hope this crimnal will be executed.

The article says

If convicted of the charges in the superseding indictment, the defendant faces a maximum prison sentence of 40 years on the narcotics charges and a maximum sentence of life in prison on the murder charge.

Mexico won't extradite a Mexican citizen unless we wave the death penalty.