Mexico wants an American extradited to face trial over Shanquella Robinson's death. Here's how it wo

[Judi Lynn]

Mexico wants an American extradited to face trial over Shanquella Robinson's death. Here's how it would work.
Michelle Mark Dec 24, 2022, 5:51 PM

• Experts say it's unusual for an American citizen to be extradited to Mexico, but not unprecedented.
  
  
• Mexico has requested that a US citizen be extradited to face charges in Shanquella Robinson's death.
  
  
• Robinson, 25, died of neck and spine trauma while on vacation in Mexico with friends.

Mexican authorities last month requested that the American government extradite one of its citizens to face charges in the mysterious death of a tourist in Cabo.

Experts say the US may have no choice but to agree, and that while the extradition of an American citizen from the United States is a rare occurrence, it is not unheard of.

If that step is taken in the case of Shanquella Robinson, an American who died on a group vacation, the case turns from a mere criminal one into a diplomatic one involving multiple branches of the US government, federal court proceedings, and questions about the American suspect's rights.

"This practice of course raises a question of whether we as citizens have the right not to be seized and forcibly removed from the US in order to be put on trial and possibly jailed on criminal charges in another country," John Parry, a law professor at Lewis and Clark Law School who has studied international extradition, told Insider.

More:
https://www.insider.com/shanquella-robinson-death-investigation-experts-discuss-american-extradition-2022-12

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1. Why is this such a question?

We extradite drug dealers etc from other countries…why would USA citizens be exempt?