Monday, September 6, 2010

Mexican Murder a Case of Mistaken Identity

"Accused in worker’s killing extradited

SAN ANTONIO — A man who told Mexican authorities he ordered the March killing of a US Consulate worker in Mexico has been extradited to the United States and appeared in a federal court in Texas, the San Antonio Express-News reported. Mexican authorities said Jesus Ernesto Chavez, an enforcer with the Juarez drug cartel, said he ordered the death of Lesley Enriquez because she was helping a rival gang get American visas. Enriquez, whose work in the consulate’s American services section did not involve visas, was four months pregnant when she and her husband, Arthur Redelfs, were shot to death (AP)."

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Drug War Diversion

Also see: The Boston Globe's Invisible Ink: Mexican Barbie Doll