Call for Investigation of Detention of Mexican Official Who U.S. Government Held as an Asylum-Seeker — But Who Never Asked for Asylum

A very odd story has been floating around for the last week or so and there is no doubt much more going on behind the scenes.  AP reports that “[s]upporters of a Mexican human rights investigator whom immigration authorities detained for nearly a week as an asylum seeker — even though he never asked for U.S. protection — are calling for a congressional probe into his arrest. Carlos Spector, an El Paso lawyer for Chihuahua state human rights investigator Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson, said U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities had no reason to detain his client on Oct. 15 and try to force him into an unwanted asylum case. Spector wants to know who made the decision to jail the white-haired lawyer and why.”

There no doubt is something more than meets the eye going on here.

KJ