EL PASO, Texas — A man accused of having a role in the killings of at least eight women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, has not been charged with a crime in that country and will remain in the United States until he is deported or an arrest warrant is issued, a U.S. immigration official said Tuesday.
Edgar Alvarez Cruz, a Mexican construction worker, was arrested in Denver last week on an unrelated immigration charge and brought to El Paso in anticipation of being turned over to Mexican authorities.
But until an arrest warrant is issued or an immigration judge orders Cruz to leave the country he will remain in U.S. custody, Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Leticia Zamarripa said.
Cruz is scheduled to appear at a deportation hearing next month.
Mexican prosecutors in the state of Chihuahua, where Juarez is located, said Tuesday that the investigation is ongoing and Cruz and a Mexican man detained in Virginia remain suspects in the unsolved string of killings. Prosecutors declined to comment further, citing the ongoing investigation.
Jose Francisco Granados de la Paz, the man arrested in Virginia, has not been brought to the El Paso jail and Zamarripa said she did not know where he was being held or by whom.
Tony Garza, U.S. ambassador to Mexico, has called Cruz’s arrest "a major break" in the killings of more than 100 young woman in Juarez, across the Rio Grande from El Paso, between 1993 and 2001.
2006-08-28 09:33:31 · 7 answers · asked by Zoe 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
What I would like to know is why does it take a full month to get this animal to a deportation hearing? arent there any provisions in the regulations regarding this type of situation? This piece of human waste needs to be "deported with extreme predudice" Which translates to " taken out back and beat to death by some of these womens relatives. I would be willing to put up a dollar donation for that, but I cant understand why "WE THE PEOPLE" are required to pay to feed and house this waste of skin. It just makes me sad, our own laws work for the criminals instead of true justice.
2006-08-28 12:13:28 · answer #1 · answered by Renegade. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that is politics for ya. There is also a double murder getting out of a texas prison soon due to overcrowding. And up here in Minnesota a legal mexican immigrant was convicted of killing his girlfriend, their unborn child, and then raped and murdered her 10 year old daughter and set the house on fire to hide the crime, you know what he got, 15 years in prison, justice is great aint it?
2006-08-28 16:43:46 · answer #2 · answered by Later Me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Mexican government won't allow an extradition because they don't beleive in the Death Penalty. In Texas,we hand out the Death Penalty like Halloween candy. Which is what he'll get once he gets here.
2006-08-28 17:26:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they dont want to issue a warrant for him because if they do the will have to pay to have him shipped to mexico if they wait untill the u.s. deports him then we foot the bill to ship him back once in mexico he gos to a holding tank with other deporties then the will issue the warrant and he will get what he has coming
2006-08-28 16:50:23 · answer #4 · answered by steamroller98439 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happens all the time... if a person in Mexico is accused of a crime where they could face the death penalty, Mexico will not make them come back.
2006-08-28 17:09:40 · answer #5 · answered by FullMast 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, would seem to me that Mexico is very happy to keep him in the United States ... obviously they don't want him back ... much better to let the Americans feed and house him .... how come I'm not surprised?
2006-08-28 16:40:20 · answer #6 · answered by Sashie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just sounds like the prosecutors aren't ready to issue warrants, yet. Big deal.
2006-08-28 16:39:02 · answer #7 · answered by Dave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋