Thread: No word on why suspect in agent's death wasn't extradited

No word on why suspect in agent's death wasn't extradited
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July 15, 2008 - 8:06PM
FROM STAFF AND AP REPORTS

TUCSON - In separate letters, White House and Justice Department officials have failed to tell 39 congressmen why a now-freed suspect in a U.S. Border Patrol agent's death was not extradited from Mexico.

On Jan. 23, Mexican authorities arrested a man for the killing of agent Luis Aguilar, 32, who was run over by a suspected smuggler's vehicle in the Imperial Sand Dunes west of Yuma on Jan. 19.

Aguilar was placing spike strips in the path of two vehicles believed to have illegally entered the United States from Mexico when one of the vehicles struck and killed him.

Mexican federal and state police arrested Jesus Navarro Montes in the northern state of Sonora for the killing, according to a joint statement distributed by Mexico's federal Attorney General's office and Public Safety Department.

However, Mexico says the United States sought extradition after Montes was freed on unrelated charges.

Presidential counsel Fred Fielding wrote that the White House deferred to the Justice Department "to avoid saying anything that might interfere with or undermine" its investigation's effectiveness.

And Deputy Assistant Attorney General Keith Nelson wrote that Justice remains firmly committed to the case but providing more information would "inevitably compromise" that goal.

California Rep. Brian Bilbray says the responses "are bureaucratic and lack transparency" and said Americans seem to be getting more information from the Mexican Embassy.
http://www.yumasun.com/news/suspect_429 ... _word.html

The answer seems to be a coordinated effort to demoralize the U.S. Border Patrol. Why should these dedicated men and women risk their lives for a government that refuses to support their efforts?
Personally, I believe some type of "deal" was made and the cover-up is in the works.