Mexico describes El Paso shooting
as "act of terrorism"
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| People pay their respects at a makeshift memorial for victims of a shooting in El Paso, Texas (AFP) |
The Mexican Foreign Minister who has visited El Paso Texas,
where 22 people were shot dead including eight Mexican Citizens, describes it
as an act of terrorism against Mexico.
By James Blears
Eight Mexicans were shot dead and six more remain in
hospital due to the shootings at Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Dressed
in a gray suit and a black tie, Mexico`s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard,
who`s visited the Mexican Consulate there says this was: "An act of
terrorism." He says the options being considered include requesting
that the accused gunman be extradited to Mexico and stand trial on Mexican
territory. He`s meeting with Mexican Attorney General Alejandro Gertz
Manero today, to access if this is a feasible course of action. Gertz
who`s a former Police Chief of Mexico City is also a law professor. Mexico does
not enforce the death penalty for those convicted of Murder.
Normally circumspect Ebrard didn`t mince his words. He said:
"We consider this is an act of terrorism against Mexico. It`ll be the
first investigative case of this significance in history concerning terrorism
on US Territory."
Mexico has regularly cooperated in bi-lateral high profile
law and order cases. The most recent example was the extradition of Joaquin
"El Chapo" Guzman the leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel to the United
States from Mexico.
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