Mexico Extradites Mexican National to the U.S. (IVB)

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Friday, October 1, 1999
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
15
Issue: 
10
412
Abstract: 
On August 20, 1999, the media reported the Mexican Government has extradited Luis Enrique Arenas Hernández, a Mexican citizen, to the U.S. to stand charges of murder in an Arizona district court. Specifically, Mr. Hernández is charged with the June 3, 1998 murder of a Border Patrol agent, Alexander Kirprik. Mr. Arenas is charged with shooting the agent, who caught and tried to arrest him for smuggling marijuana across the U.S. border...[more]