Mexico requests extradition of American charged in tourist death - The Guardian US

The US is weighing an extradition petition from Mexico aft authorities successful the state charged an American pistillate with murdering different US pistillate shown being beaten portion they vacationed successful a viral video.

Prosecutors successful the Mexican authorities of Baja California Sur person not named the fishy successful the decease of North Carolina’s Shanquella Robinson, who reportedly died of a terrible spinal cord oregon cervix wounded portion connected vacation successful Mexico connected 29 October.

Robinson’s decease sparked mass intrigue connected societal media aft a viral video showed her being beaten, seemingly by an American woman. Robinson had traveled to San Jose del Cabo with friends, who told Robinson’s household she died from intoxicant poisoning.

But a transcript of Robinson’s decease certificate, obtained by Charlotte quality channel WBTV, said the origin of her decease was “severe spinal cord wounded and atlas luxation”.

State prosecutors said grounds showed the decease resulted from “a nonstop attack, not an accident”, and progressive a pistillate person of the victim, CNN reported. They said they person approached Mexican national prosecutors and diplomats to effort to get an unnamed pistillate fishy extradited to look charges successful Mexico.

Robinson’s decease shocked radical successful some Mexico and the US.

The 25-year-old had arrived successful San Jose del Cabo connected 28 October and was staying astatine a abrogation rental location with assemblage friends, her begetter told CNN.

Robinson’s mother, Salamondra Robinson, told CBS News that her daughter’s friends initially said she had go sick with intoxicant poisoning.

However, erstwhile a video showing Robinson being beaten went viral, in mid-November, it raised suspicions that Robinson whitethorn person died astatine the hands of radical with whom she traveled.

The video shows Robinson being thrown to the crushed and struck connected the head. In the footage a antheral with an American accent tin beryllium heard saying: “Can you astatine slightest combat back?” The antheral did not look to intervene successful the beating.

Salamondra Robinson confirmed to CBS News that it was her girl successful the video, adding that a antheral connected the travel “supposedly was her champion friend”.

“And helium had went connected household trips with us, you know?” Salamondra Robinson added. “And helium had been to the household house.”

The radical Robinson was traveling with near Mexico aft she was recovered dead.

Local authoritative Antonio López Rodríguez said the lawsuit was being treated arsenic a imaginable homicide and an apprehension warrant had been issued for the suspect, the Associated Press reported.

The lawyer wide for Baja California Sur, Daniel de la Rosa Anaya, said the decease did not effect from a “quarrel” but from “a nonstop aggression that this idiosyncratic made”, according to CNN. De la Rosa Anaya confirmed that the fishy was an American but did not place her.