Mexican prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for a suspect in the death of an American woman vacationing at a luxury resort in San Jose del Cabo, according to a report.
The warrant, which does not name the alleged suspect, was the death of Charlotte native Shankella Robinson being investigated as a violent crime. Daniel de la Rosa Anaya, the local prosecutor for Baja California Sur state, said the suspect was a friend of the victim. to ABC News.
“The matter is completely clear, we also have a court order, for causing harm to the victim and an arrest warrant has been issued against the alleged perpetrator, a friend of hers who is the direct aggressor,” he reportedly said. But said
“Actually it was not a quarrel but direct aggression. We are carrying out all relevant procedures like Interpol alert and extradition request to the United States. This is about two Americans, the victim and the perpetrator….
Robinson’s death was originally thought to be food poisoning, but a death certificate revealed that the cause of death was “severe spinal cord injury and atlas luxation”, an instability of the first two neck vertebrae, which upon investigation revealed. Was a pioneer. WSOC-TV reported.
the footage was first revealed shown to robinson Robinson’s mother, Salmondarra, told the news station she recognized the people in the video as friends who had accompanied her daughter on the trip.
Reports initially indicated that the 25-year-old had died 15 minutes after suffering injuries to his spine, but Robinson may have actually were alive and received medical care for several hours He was pronounced dead before he arrived, according to a police report obtained by the Charlotte Observer.
According to the newspaper, the report states that one of the friends traveling with Robinson requested medical assistance at 2:13 a.m. on October 29. Dr. Carolina Beatriz Ornellas Gutierrez said Robinson “had consumed too much,” and was dehydrated and unable to speak, but his vital signs were stable.
When Gutierrez wanted to take Robinson to the hospital, the victim’s friends insisted that she be cared for at the villa.
The Observer reported that Robinson later suffered a brief seizure and his condition worsened before his heart stopped and police arrived.
The FBI launched an investigation into the case earlier this month after Mexican authorities probed it as feminism, a crime against women.
Salmondra Robinson told ABC News she wanted answers, especially from the many friends who accompanied her daughter on the trip.
“I want every single one of them to be deported back to Mexico because their plan was to come back here thinking they would not be prosecuted,” she said. “She was a caring person … and I want them to always remember that. We’re going to keep her legacy alive.”