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| District Attorney Luis Saenz |
escaped fugitive Amit Livingston reflect details issued during Cameron County District Attorney Luis Saenz' news conference, news outlets from India, where the capture actually took place, help to fill in the story.
The Deccan Chronicle, published in Hyderabad, India, where Livingston was captured, provides information not reflected in many U.S. articles:
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| Amit Livingston, Hyderabad, India |
The CID cops said that they have been tracking him for a year based on his phone call records.
“His phone was booked in a fake name. He was working from home most of the time. Many phone calls from his number were going to a company at Paradise. We verified with the company and identified the address,” said a CID official.
Raju Choudary, a provisional store owner in Madhavapuri Colony, said Livingston used to come to his shop to buy cigarettes. “He has been staying here for the past three-and-a-half years. He speaks Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and English. We never suspected him. Three days ago when police came to this area and arrested him, we were all shocked.”
Another critical part of the story revealed in the Deccan Chronicle is that Indian officials do indeed intend to extradite Livingston to the United States:
A report from the Times of India was not so certain of his deportation:
In 2008, a 'Red Corner' notice was issued against him by the US authorities. He moved to Sainikpuri and took shelter in a penthouse. Sources said the CID had been tracking him for the past one year. "Based on the information forwarded by CID, Cyberabad police arrested Sanjay Kumar (Amit) from Madhavipuri colony and registered a case. He was remanded in judicial remand,'' CID officials said in the release.
As the 'Red Corner' notice is pending against the fugitive, his arrest has been notified to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Union ministry of home affairs. The convict would be sent to the Patiala court in Delhi, from where he might be deported to the US.
Extradited is correct, Jim. An Indian national could not be "deported" to the US.
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It's just semantics, but, of course, Livingston is a U.S. citizen.
DeleteGoes to show, the Cameron County District Attorney had nothing to do with tracking him or capturing Livingston. As always, some like to spin in their favor when they had noting to do with the arrest to get political mileage. Who knows, maybe the DA does have the manpower to track a fugitive in India, but I doubt it. Luis Saenz is just taking credit for something that was going to happen anyway.
ReplyDeleteLuis just lost my vote if he runs again. He fails to recognize he needs to give credit where credit has been EARNED. Kudos to the REAL law enforcement who brought this monster to justice.
ReplyDeleteIt's called team work ...idiots..!!!
ReplyDeleteYou're an idiot if you think any DAS office in the country tracks international fugitives. He should have given credit to the real heroes, our U.S. Marshalls office. His office only has the ability to bust maquinitas. Keep pissing of the people that elected you one termer
DeleteTeam work is great, but do not try to take credit when it is not yours. The press release clearly sounded like the DA Luis Saenz office was responsible for tracking, monitoring, and having Amit Livingston captured in India. In reality, India's Police pegged Amit Livingston as an illegal immigrant with false documents, which raised suspicion that resulted in finding an arrest warrant for Livingston and notifying U.S. law enforcement. Once the Luis Saenz is notified, he deciedes to make it seem it was his entirely his department with the U.S. Marshals that tracked and captured Livingston. Luis got mud in his face when someone checked and found the true story to Livingston's capture, which had nothing to do with Luis Saenz or the Marshall's, other than going to pick Livingston up to bring him to the U.S. when the time comes. Team work on the extradition is obvious, but not in the capture of Livingston as Saenz wanted us to believe.
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