Mexico turns over a murder suspect in the slaying of a U.S. Border Patrol agent
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The man thought to be responsible for the death of Senior Border Patrol Agent Luis Aguilar Jr. near Yuma, Ariz., was extradited to the United States, where he faces murder and drug charges.
Officials said Jess Navarro Montes …would be transported to Southern California to face the charges.
Navarro is charged with running over and killing Aguilar, 32, during a drug-smuggling attempt. Navarro had been arrested, released and then rearrested by Mexican authorities.
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Aguilar Jr.’s death had sparked a cross-border manhunt that hit a snag when Navarro was arrested but then released by a Mexican judge in Mexicali in June 2008.
The Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C., would later say that Navarro was set free because U.S. authorities had not sought his extradition or convey to the judge that he was wanted on other charges.
Last February, Mexican federal agents arrested Navarro near the resort town of Zihuatenejo in an operation coordinated with the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service.
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