Shanquella Robinson, beaten in Mexico by "friends she was there with" update from family. No arrest yet
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More than four months after the death of Shanquella Robinson, a 25-year-old Charlotte, N.C., woman who died under mysterious circumstances while on a trip with six friends to Mexico, lawyers for the family have accused the FBI of not doing enough to arrest a suspect in the case, despite a bevy of mounting evidence.
“The FBI's response in the current case demonstrates that the U.S. authorities and the federal police agencies are not doing all that they could do in Shanquella’s case,” attorney Sue-Ann Robinson (who has no relation to the family) told Yahoo News.
“There seems to be no activity on behalf of Shanquella,” attorney Ben Crump added.
On Oct. 28, Robinson traveled to the resort city of San José del Cabo, Mexico, with a group of friends to celebrate one of their birthdays. Less than 24 hours later she was found dead. Initially, her friends told her mother that Robinson had died of alcohol poisoning, but the family later received an autopsy report from the Mexican Secretariat of Health and learned she had suffered a broken neck and a cracked spine. No mention of alcohol was included in the report. In a death certificate obtained by Queen City News in Charlotte, Robinson's death was attributed to a “severe spinal cord injury and atlas luxation,” meaning that her first vertebra was loosened or detached from the base of her skull.
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This crime was committed by American citizens, in Mexico.
Does the US have the right to press charges criminal charges in this case?
Edited to add: It looks like the answer is "no".
This article states that the US can press charges against a US citizen who commits a crime against a US Citizen in Mexico, IF Mexico hasn't already charged the suspect with a crime.
This crime was committed by American citizens, in Mexico.
Does the US have the right to press charges criminal charges in this case?
Edited to add: It looks like the answer is "no".
This article states that the US can press charges against a US citizen who commits a crime against a US Citizen in Mexico, IF Mexico hasn't already charged the suspect with a crime.
They weren't able to help in the case of the husband shot and killed by cartel members on his Jet Ski in front of his wife, when they accidentally strayed into Mexican waters from a Texas beach. And one of the primary investigators on the Mexican side was decapitated and delivered to the police department as a warning. I think the investigation pretty much stopped then. This was in 2010.
I wonder why though Mexican authorities won't release her name?
Mexican publication Metrópolimx reported on Nov. 29 that Daejhanae Jackson was arrested on Nov. 28 at a relative’s home. The article also said Jackson was in federal custody awaiting extradition to Mexico. https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/12...binsons-death/
Mexican publication Metrópolimx reported on Nov. 29 that Daejhanae Jackson was arrested on Nov. 28 at a relative’s home. The article also said Jackson was in federal custody awaiting extradition to Mexico. https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/12...binsons-death/
I’m glad the family is continuing to put pressure on the authorities about this. However, this will take time to be resolved if it gets resolved. My understanding is the extradition process takes many months.
From what I read the FBI does their own investigation of the crime, if they agree with the findings of the case, they’ll arrest the suspect, the extradition request then goes to the US attorney who then has to take it to a federal court requesting that the extradition be granted.
When that Hollywood producer killed his wife in Mexico then fled back to the U.S. it took over a year for the extradition process to be completed and he be sent back to Mexico to face charges. It’s only been about 4 months since Mexico requested extradition of the suspect who is believed to have killed Shanquella. If this person is eventually extradited it may not happen for another 8 months.
I don’t think she is going to do well in a Mexican prison.
I have seen some documentaries about them and they are brutal.
They are even worse if you are not a Mexican National.
This is going to be way worse than anything that she would be facing here.
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