"Suspect in killings may go free in Ecuador; Countries at odds over where to prosecute him" November 16, 2011|By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff
Ecuadoran officials have warned the US government that a man accused of killing a young mother and her son in Brockton could go free in six months unless Plymouth County prosecutors send evidence to try him in Ecuador for the alleged crimes.
The South American nation’s Oct. 31 letter to the US Department of Justice follows months of emotional debate between the two countries over where to prosecute Luis A. Guaman, a 41-year-old roofer indicted on charges in the February bludgeoning deaths of Maria Avelina Palaguachi and her 2-year-old son, Brian.
Guaman fled to his native Ecuador using a false passport hours after the bodies were found in a trash bin. Ecuadoran officials soon arrested him and prosecuted him for the document fraud, but he completed his prison sentence last month. Although the Ecuadoran constitution forbids extradition of its own citizens, prosecutors have repeatedly said they would try him for the killings in Ecuador if the United States would send evidence....
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Ecuadoran is charged; return sought
Prosecutors charged 40-year-old Luis Guaman yesterday in the bludgeoning deaths of a young mother and her 2-year-old son and predicted that he will be returned from his native Ecuador to stand trial.
They sure got that one wrong, huh?
The face of a system failure
The passport photo didn’t look like him, and yet Brockton murder suspect Luis Guaman, was waved through, fleeing the country.
I'm waving goodbye to this story, sorry.
