Mexico wants Canada to turn over former top cop wanted in alleged cover-up of missing Indigenous stu
Mexican Foreign Affairs Minister says extradition request initiated for Tomás Zerón
Jorge Barrera · CBC News · Posted: Jul 14, 2020 1:11 PM ET | Last Updated: 8 hours ago
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Tomás Zerón, left, a former top law enforcement official in Mexico, is pictured here after the 2014 capture of Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin (El Chapo) Guzman in 2014. The Mexican government says Zerón is in Canada and wants him extradited. (Justin Chambers/ http://carolejustin.com/)
The father of one of the 43 Indigenous students whose unsolved disappearance continues to haunt Mexico wants the Canadian government to act swiftly on an extradition request for a former top law enforcement official now accused of involvement in the event's cover up.
Mexican Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard said during a news conference Friday that Tomás Zerón, the country's former head of criminal investigations, was in Canada.
Ebrard, responding to a question about a separate extradition case involving the U.S., said the Mexican government was seeking Zerón's extradition for his role in allegedly covering up the disappearance of the students known as the Ayotzinapa 43, in reference to the hometown of their teachers' college in southern Guerrero state.
"Now, we are initiating something similar in Canada with Tomas Zerón," said Ebrard, during the news conference.
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