Mexican prosecutors stated Thursday they’ve filed expenses in opposition to a U.S. lady on suspicion of killing one other American seen being crushed in a viral video.
Prosecutors within the state of Baja California Sur didn’t identify the suspect within the Oct. 29 loss of life of Shanquella Robinson.
But they stated they’ve approached Mexican federal prosecutors and diplomats to attempt to get the lady extradited to face expenses in Mexico.
Robinson’s loss of life at a resort growth within the Baja resort city of San Jose del Cabo shocked folks in each international locations. The video raised suspicions that Robinson might have died by the hands of individuals she was travelling with.
Local prosecutor Antonio López Rodríguez stated the case was being handled as a possible murder and an arrest warrant had been issued for the suspect. However, the group Robinson was travelling with left Mexico after she was discovered useless in a rented villa.
State prosecutor Daniel de la Rosa Anaya stated the suspect was additionally an American, however didn’t establish her.
The FBI confirmed to CBS News Tuesday that it had additionally opened an investigation into Robinson’s loss of life.
A video apparently taped on the luxurious villa in San Jose del Cabo exhibits one lady, apparently an American, beating one other lady recognized as Robinson.
The video has been reposted many instances on social media websites. In it, a person with an American accent might be heard saying “Can you at least fight back?” The man didn’t seem to intervene within the beating.
The video raised questions on why no person intervened within the purported beating, or why folks she was touring with would have crushed her.
Shanquella’s mom, Salamondra Robinson, informed CBS News in an interview final week that she was initially informed by Shanquella’s mates that Shanquella had gotten sick with alcohol poisoning. But afterward, Salamondra discovered there was a struggle, and an post-mortem discovered she had accidents to her spinal wire and neck.
The post-mortem confirmed that “her death had nothing to do with alcohol,” Salamondra stated.