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The illegal alien convicted of killing Matthew Denice in 2011 has been deported from the U.S. after serving fewer than 10 years in prison.
It isn't cheap, though. Federal officials say the average cost of a charter flight is $8,577 "per flight hour." A high-risk charter flight averages between $6,929 to $26,795 per flight hour, "depending on aircraft requirements."
"I am so grateful for ICE getting him out of the country," Maureen Maloney, Matthew's mother, told the Herald minutes after immigration officials informed her that Guaman was out of U.S. airspace and headed back to Ecuador.
Francisco Lopez-Lopez, 50, a fugitive charged with kidnapping in Mexico, was flown by officers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Texas Wednesday and turned over to Mexican authorities, according to ICE. And more crime news in brief.
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) -- A 50-year-old Mexican national has been extradited from South Texas back to Mexico on kidnapping charges, U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement officials said Friday.