CROWD SEEKS JUSTICE RALLY PROTESTS MEXICO'S EXTRADITION POLICY.Byline: Amy Raisin Darvish Staff Writer VALENCIA - For the family of slain sheriff's deputy David March David March (born 25 July 1979) is a professional rugby league player for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He plays at hooker. He has a twin brother called Paul March who also plays for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. and other families who mourn slain loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl , grief has given way to frustration and incredulity as the suspected killers enjoy freedom in Mexico. It was that pain that brought some to tears Saturday during the Dave's March for Justice Rally at College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. , where hundreds of people joined politicians and dozens of members of law enforcement to encourage the Mexican government to reverse its extradition policies. March, a Saugus resident, was gunned down in April 2002 in Irwindale during a traffic stop. The primary suspect, Armando Garcia, fled to his native Mexico where laws prohibit the extradition of citizens - or those with Mexican relatives - who face the death penalty. In 2001, the Mexican Supreme Court ruled it would also refuse extradition in cases where the suspect could be sentenced to life in prison, calling such a fate cruel and unusual punishment Such punishment as would amount to torture or barbarity, any cruel and degrading punishment not known to the Common Law, or any fine, penalty, confinement, or treatment that is so disproportionate to the offense as to shock the moral sense of the community. . Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. , at times yelling into the microphone, vowed to ``stay on (Mexico's) case'' until March's killer is returned to the United States. ``I'm outraged. The Mexican Supreme Court thinks the life of a cop killer is more important than the death of a sheriff,'' Baca said. ``The Mexican people do not want a cop killer running around in their country.'' March's mother invited five people to speak to the crowd about the nightmare of knowing that the person who killed their loved one is a free and protected citizen in Mexico. Kenneth Caldera caldera: see crater. caldera Large, bowl-shaped volcanic depression that forms when the top of a volcanic cone collapses into the space left after magma is ejected during a violent volcanic eruption. The term is Spanish for “caldron. struggled through tears as he recalled the day his son, Kenny, a high school football star and prom king, was shot and killed by a gang member in 1991. ``I'm an American. My family is from Mexico. I served in Vietnam,'' Caldera said. ``I call you, Mexico, my brothers. But I ask you, Mexico, am I your brother? I'm ashamed to say it, but I'm ashamed to be a Mexican because you are harboring my son's murderer.'' Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San said it falls to U.S. lawmakers to convince Mexico that it can no longer harbor violent criminals. ``We need to slam shut that open-door policy that Mexico has. We need to get tough,'' Antonovich said. ``We are an economic power that provides the oil to the Mexican economy. We need to impose sanctions so they aren't the haven, the sanctuaries for convicted felons.'' Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color -- ran in SAC edition only) L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca, center, leads demonstrators Saturday at College of the Canyons in memory of slain sheriff's deputy David March. (2 -- ran in SAC edition only) About 1,000 people attend Saturday's rally to protest Mexico's refusal to extradite ex·tra·dite v. ex·tra·dit·ed, ex·tra·dit·ing, ex·tra·dites v.tr. 1. To give up or deliver (a fugitive, for example) to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority. 2. the suspected killer of a sheriff's deputy. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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