Extradition Questionable?

by Jim Nutting
jim.nutting@gmail.com

“Mexicans do not trust their police either to protect them from harm or to solve crimes”– Mexican National Secretary of Public Security Alejandro Gertz Manero - http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/mexico_policing/mex_policing.htm

In Mexico it’s okay to torture but not extradite a cop killer just because he may face the death penalty. The same corrupt government whose military, police officials and politicians are routinely in bed with drug cartels. The same bunch that executed American DEA agent Enrique "kiki" Camarena in 1985. Extradition laws are so difficult that the FBI had to resort to sending a Bounty Hunter to Mexico to bring Humberto Alvarez-Machain, one of Camarena murder suspects to justice.

Raul Garcia-Gomez, alleged murderer of Denver Police Detective Donald Young was recently apprehended in Culiacán, Mexico. Detective Young was off-duty and providing security for a baptism on May 8th. Young was shot several times. Young’s partner Detective John Bishop, also off-duty, was injured but was saved by his bullet proof vest. The big question is; will the Denver authorities strike a deal with Mexican authorities to waive the death penalty in order to extradite this low-life cop killer? What a slap in the face to our justice system. Allowing the criminal Mexican justice system to dictate the terms. It’s a second slap in the face to the family and friends of Detective Young. If the Mexican government refuses to extradite Garcia-Gomez and the Denver authorities drop to their knees and agree to waive the death penalty, shame on Denver and shame on the American people for allowing it to happen. This has gone on too long. Americans spend so much money in Mexico. Tourism is a major portion of the Mexican economy. Agricultural trade is another. Both can be affected by concerned American citizens if justice doesn’t prevail. The “Gringo” has been treated like crap in Mexico for too long. The Mexican government has too much say-so here in our country. Our neighbors are throwing trash in our yard and it has to stop. Let’s hope that the Denver authorities think like Americans.