Score one for the good guys

About 4 years ago, a piece of shit named Armando Garcia, a guy who'd been deported 3 times (2 of those times he should have been prosecuted for felony re-entry into the US) killed LA County deputy David March. Garcia fled to Mexico where he could safely hide out because Mexico won't extradite when the suspect/criminal could face the death penalty (it's in the treaty, too). The Mexican Supreme Court took it upon itself to extend that restriction to suspects facing life without parole, too. This made the extradition of Garcia damn near impossible. Well, the Mexican Supreme Court finally got it's head out of its ass and reversed itself and the LA County D.A. agreed to not seek the death penalty against Garcia, so Mexico agreed to extradite Garcia after they caught him. Thursday night, he was captured by Mexican cops (with investigative help from the US Marshals).

The Bush administration was worse than useless in this effort for the past couple of years (what a surprise!), since pointing out that Mexico was harboring a cop-killer fugitive would be considered bad form and Bush won't do anything that might upset his buddy Vicente Fox.

A couple of guys that DID make a difference were John and Ken on KFI - they have the 3pm-7pm drive-time show on KFI in Los Angeles and these guys banged the drum long and hard on this issue. (John & Ken were also deadly-effective in getting the ex-Gov. Gray Davis recalled).

And, as a side note, the lead prosecutor in the Garcia case will be Darren Levine, founder and chief instructor of Krav Maga Worldwide. If you met Darren, he'd look like a slightly overweight, soft guy. Heh. This is one dude you don't want to cross.