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 News from Around Banderas Bay | April 2008 
Mexican Judges Freed Suspect by Accident
 Associated Press
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| | David Parrish was a Boulder native who started at the University of Kansas but transferred home to the University of Colorado in Boulder, according to an obituary provided by his family. One of two men suspected in his shooting death last week in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, remains on the run after he was mistakenly released from jail. (Handout Photo) | | |
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - Two Mexican judges said they accidentally released a suspect in the shooting death of a vacationing University of Colorado student.
Municipal judges Jesus Roberto Gomez and Jorge Alejandro Garcia appeared before the Public Ministry Tuesday amid an investigation into how a man accused of killing 21-year-old David Parrish of Boulder, Colo., escaped from jail.
City officials said Monday they wanted to know why Gomez issued a release order and two jail employees let the suspect go on Friday before dawn — an hour at which releases are unusual. The jail employees were being held Tuesday at a state prison.
Police initially said suspect Alfonso Ramirez tricked guards into releasing him by switching clothes with a cell mate, who was being held for allegedly stealing a bottle of liquor.
The judges, who have protection orders preventing them from being arrested, said Tuesday they intended to released the liquor suspect because prosecutors had not pressed charges against him and 36 hours had passed since his arrest.
U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Judith Bryan said the killing, which allegedly happened during a robbery, was the first fatal shooting of an American in Puerto Vallarta the Embassy has on record. About 1 million Americans visit Puerto Vallarta each year. |
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