Thread: Suspect in Border Patrol agent's slaying rearrested inMexico

Suspect in Border Patrol agent's slaying rearrested in Mexico

UNION-TRIBUNE
7:00 p.m. February 11, 2009

A suspected drug smuggler accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent was rearrested in Mexico Wednesday morning, more than six months after Mexican officials released him due to an extradition mishap, authorities announced Wednesday.

Jesus Navarro Montes was taken into custody near Zihuatanejo, Mexico, on a warrant for drug charges. He is awaiting extradition to the United States, where he is also wanted for questioning in a Border Patrol agent's death, according to the FBI in San Diego.

Navarro is accused of running over agent Luis Aguilar with a Hummer SUV in January 2008 near the U.S.-Mexico border in Imperial County, west of Yuma, Ariz.

Border Patrol officials said Aguilar was laying spike strips across the road in an attempt to stop two vehicles suspected of entering the country illegally when one of them struck him.

Authorities believe Navarro then drove the drug-loaded Hummer to Mexicali and gave the vehicle to accomplices for safekeeping.

He was arrested and held in a Mexicali prison, only to be released in June after a Baja California judge cleared him of an unrelated migrant-smuggling charge.

Mexican officials said the U.S. government hadn't formally filed a request for his extradition on the homicide charge, so he was let go.
– Kristina Davis

Kristina Davis: (619) 542-4591; kristina.davis@uniontrib.com

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YEA there is finally some good news in the tragic death of Aguilar

C.B.P. News Release

C.B.P. Statement on Arrest of Jesus Navarro-Montes

(Thursday, February 12, 2009)

Washington - The arrest of Jesus Navarro-Montes is welcome news for the men and women of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Since the CBP family tragically lost one of its own with the brutal and senseless death of Border Patrol Agent Luis Aguilar, we have worked tirelessly with our federal and Mexican law enforcement partners to ensure that all suspects be apprehended. Thanks to the dedicated efforts of all those involved with the arrest of Navarro-Montes, we and Agent Aguilar’s family can rest assured that this suspect is in custody and will receive the justice that is due.

On behalf of all of the men and women of CBP and the entire DHS family, we want to express our deep appreciation to the Department of Justice family, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Attorney's Office and the U.S. Marshals Service and to the Government of Mexico for this bi-national effort to bring Navarro Montes to justice. With his arrest, we look forward to the day that he will be extradited and tried, and justice will finally be served.

W. Ralph Basham
Commissioner

David V. Aguilar
Chief
U.S. Border Patrol

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.

Contacts For This News Release

CBP Press Office
Phone: (202) 344-1780


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