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After Mexican police arrested Rodrigo Cervantes Zavala, 34, Monday afternoon near the resort town of Puerto Vallarta, in Jalisco, they soon made a discovery close to Acosta's heart: Bryan Cervantes, 18 months, and Jennifer Cervantes, 3, in a nearby house.
Acosta will travel to Mexico today by commercial jet to be reunited with her children, and the three will probably be flown home later today, Arpaio said.
Arpaio said warrants involving three murders and kidnapping had been issued for Cervantes Zavala, who was being held by police near the city. Extradition proceedings begin immediately to bring him back to the United States for trial. U.S. authorities would probably have to waive the possibility of a death sentence because Cervantes Zavala is a Mexican citizen and the country doesn't have capital punishment, Arpaio said.
Had Mexico been linked with Arizona's Amber Alert network, Cervantes Zavalamay not have been allowed to cross into Mexico.
On July 11, Cervantes Zavala and the children were briefly detained just hours after their disappearance near Nogales, in the Mexican state of Sonora. Mexican police impounded Cervantes Zavala's vehicle but turned him and the children loose because they were unaware he was sought by U.S. authorities.
An Amber Alert was issued at 3:19 a.m., July 11, four hours after the bodies were discovered in a home near Queen Creek, and an hour after Acosta returned home and the children were discovered missing. About 40 minutes after the alert was issued, Mexican authorities stopped Cervantes Zavala in Sonora, near Nogales, and impounded his 1993 green Buick. Cervantes Zavala and the children were let go.
"We might've had a chance," Arpaio said. "But you can send out all the alerts you want and put out all the lookouts you want, and people can still sneak through."
The Amber Alert was issued primarily through radio broadcasts, said Art Brooks, CEO of the Arizona Broadcasters Association and chairman of the state's Amber Alert Oversight Committee. U.S. border officials were notified via their own special broadcast receivers and the Internet. But there is no process to include Mexican authorities in the alert notifications.
An Amber link with Mexico has long been desired.
"It's very important," Arpaio said. "It should've been done a long time ago. There's a lot of interplay between (Arizona) and Mexico."
http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/0719Abduct.html
After Mexican police arrested Rodrigo Cervantes Zavala, 34, Monday afternoon near the resort town of Puerto Vallarta, in Jalisco, they soon made a discovery close to Acosta's heart: Bryan Cervantes, 18 months, and Jennifer Cervantes, 3, in a nearby house.
Acosta will travel to Mexico today by commercial jet to be reunited with her children, and the three will probably be flown home later today, Arpaio said.
Arpaio said warrants involving three murders and kidnapping had been issued for Cervantes Zavala, who was being held by police near the city. Extradition proceedings begin immediately to bring him back to the United States for trial. U.S. authorities would probably have to waive the possibility of a death sentence because Cervantes Zavala is a Mexican citizen and the country doesn't have capital punishment, Arpaio said.
Had Mexico been linked with Arizona's Amber Alert network, Cervantes Zavalamay not have been allowed to cross into Mexico.
On July 11, Cervantes Zavala and the children were briefly detained just hours after their disappearance near Nogales, in the Mexican state of Sonora. Mexican police impounded Cervantes Zavala's vehicle but turned him and the children loose because they were unaware he was sought by U.S. authorities.
An Amber Alert was issued at 3:19 a.m., July 11, four hours after the bodies were discovered in a home near Queen Creek, and an hour after Acosta returned home and the children were discovered missing. About 40 minutes after the alert was issued, Mexican authorities stopped Cervantes Zavala in Sonora, near Nogales, and impounded his 1993 green Buick. Cervantes Zavala and the children were let go.
"We might've had a chance," Arpaio said. "But you can send out all the alerts you want and put out all the lookouts you want, and people can still sneak through."
The Amber Alert was issued primarily through radio broadcasts, said Art Brooks, CEO of the Arizona Broadcasters Association and chairman of the state's Amber Alert Oversight Committee. U.S. border officials were notified via their own special broadcast receivers and the Internet. But there is no process to include Mexican authorities in the alert notifications.
An Amber link with Mexico has long been desired.
"It's very important," Arpaio said. "It should've been done a long time ago. There's a lot of interplay between (Arizona) and Mexico."
http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/0719Abduct.html
