July 29, 2005
Contact: Lynn
Kimbrough,
720-913-9025
EXTRADITION REQUEST SUBMITTED
The Denver Police Department and the Denver District Attorney’s
Office have learned that the formal documents requesting
extradition for Raul Gomez-Garcia have now been filed by the
U.S. Embassy in Mexico City.
The extradition documents were formally filed yesterday, July
28, 2005, with the government of Mexico.
Gomez-Garcia has
been charged with second-degree murder and attempted
first-degree murder in the shooting death of Denver police
officer Donald Young and the wounding of officer John Bishop.
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The
filing of a criminal charge is merely a formal accusation
that an individual(s) committed a crime(s) under Colorado
laws. A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless
proven guilty. See Colo. RPC 3.6
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