{"id":1051872,"date":"2021-11-24T12:14:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T17:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1051872"},"modified":"2021-11-24T12:14:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T17:14:19","slug":"biden-excludes-family-of-murdered-u-s-special-agent-from-ceremony-signing-bill-with-agents-name-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-excludes-family-of-murdered-u-s-special-agent-from-ceremony-signing-bill-with-agents-name-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Excludes Family Of Murdered U.S. Special Agent From Ceremony Signing Bill With Agent\u2019s Name: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-excludes-family-of-murdered-u-s-special-agent-from-ceremony-signing-bill-with-agents-name-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1051872&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Last week, President Biden signed into law the Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Officers and Employees Protection Act, named after two Special Agents who were targeted by the Los Zetas cartel in Mexico, with Zapata murdered and Avila seriously injured.<\/p>\n<p>But neither Avila nor Zapata\u2019s family was invited to the ceremony, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thetexan.news\/violence-outside-the-u-s-against-federal-agents-employees-can-be-prosecuted-new-law-clarifies\/?utm_content=bufferc152e&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">The Texan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/senate-bill\/921?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22S.+921%22%2C%22S.%22%2C%22921%22%5D%7D&amp;r=1&amp;s=1\">states<\/a> that it:<\/p>\n<p><em>explicitly grants extraterritorial jurisdiction over the following criminal offenses:&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>killing (or attempting to kill) a federal officer or employee <\/em><em>assaulting, kidnapping, or murdering (or threatening to do so, or attempting to kidnap or murder) a family member of certain federal officials to retaliate against or to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the federal official&nbsp;<\/em><em>threatening to assault, kidnap, or murder certain federal officials to retaliate against or to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the federal official and<\/em><em>assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Avila said of being excluded from the signing ceremony, \u201cThe Zapata family and I are disappointed and hurt that the Biden administration did not invite us to be part of the signing ceremony of this very important law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Texan delineated what happened to the two agents:<\/p>\n<p><em>On February 11, 2011, officials in&nbsp;Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI),&nbsp;sent Special Agents Victor Avila and Jaime Zapata on an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thetexan.news\/illegal-immigration-is-making-texas-vulnerable-to-violence-by-mexican-drug-cartels\/\">assignment<\/a>&nbsp;to retrieve equipment from Mexico City. While they were on the road, the Los Zetas cartel attacked them in their armored vehicle, murdered Zapata, and seriously injured Avila.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr\/two-cartel-members-found-guilty-murder-and-other-charges-slaying-ice-special-agent-jaime\">reported<\/a> on July 27, 2017, \u201cA federal jury found two Mexican nationals guilty today of murder of a federal officer, attempted murder of a federal officer, and related offenses in the killing of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila on Feb. 15, 2011, in Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But in January 2020, the federal appeals court for the D.C. Circuit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/ice-agent-killed-cartel-court-reverses-convictions\">overturned<\/a>&nbsp;the convictions for murder and attempted murder for Jose Emanuel \u201cZafado\u201d Garcia Sota and Jesus Ivan \u201cLoco\u201d Quezada Pina.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/ice-agent-killed-cartel-court-reverses-convictions\">reported<\/a> in February 2020:<\/p>\n<p><em>Garcia Sota, 39, and Quezada Pina, 32, are serving life sentences in prison&nbsp;on those two counts.&nbsp;They are also serving life on a&nbsp;third count they&nbsp;asked the court to&nbsp;overturn \u2014 use of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence causing death. The court rejected their appeal on that count. The two men were also sentenced to 20 years in prison&nbsp;on the fourth count, which criminalizes the killing of certain persons protected under international law. They did not challenge that conviction.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Avila told The Texan, \u201cThe Zapata family and I were devastated when we learned that the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals had vacated the murder conviction. I contacted my Senator, Congressman and FLEOA (Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association) almost two years ago to try to make this right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, President Biden signed into law the Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Officers and Employees Protection Act, named after two Special Agents who were targeted by the Los Zetas cartel in Mexico, with Zapata murdered and Avila seriously injured.But neither Avila nor Zapata\u2019s family was invited to the ceremony, according to The Texan.The bill, sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), states that it:explicitly grants extraterritorial jurisdiction over the following criminal offenses:\u00a0killing (or attempting to kill) a federal officer or employee assaulting, kidnapping, or murdering (or threatening to do so, or attempting to kidnap or murder) a family member of certain federal officials to retaliate against or to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the federal official\u00a0threatening to assault, kidnap, or murder certain federal officials to retaliate against or to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the federal official andassaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees.Avila said of being excluded from the signing ceremony, \u201cThe Zapata family and I are disappointed and hurt that the Biden administration did not invite us to be part of the signing ceremony of this very important law.\u201dThe Texan delineated what happened to the two agents:On February 11, 2011, officials in\u00a0Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI),\u00a0sent Special Agents Victor Avila and Jaime Zapata on an\u00a0assignment\u00a0to retrieve equipment from Mexico City. While they were on the road, the Los Zetas cartel attacked them in their armored vehicle, murdered Zapata, and seriously injured Avila.The U.S. Department of Justice reported on July 27, 2017, \u201cA federal jury found two Mexican nationals guilty today of murder of a federal officer, attempted murder of a federal officer, and related offenses in the killing of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila on Feb. 15, 2011, in Mexico.\u201dBut in January 2020, the federal appeals court for the D.C. Circuit\u00a0overturned\u00a0the convictions for murder and attempted murder for Jose Emanuel \u201cZafado\u201d Garcia Sota and Jesus Ivan \u201cLoco\u201d Quezada Pina.Fox News reported in February 2020:Garcia Sota, 39, and Quezada Pina, 32, are serving life sentences in prison\u00a0on those two counts.\u00a0They are also serving life on a\u00a0third count they\u00a0asked the court to\u00a0overturn \u2014 use of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence causing death. The court rejected their appeal on that count. The two men were also sentenced to 20 years in prison\u00a0on the fourth count, which criminalizes the killing of certain persons protected under international law. They did not challenge that conviction.Avila told The Texan, \u201cThe Zapata family and I were devastated when we learned that the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals had vacated the murder conviction. I contacted my Senator, Congressman and FLEOA (Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association) almost two years ago to try to make this right.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1051872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1051872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1051872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1051872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1051872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}