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Marisol Valles-Garcia, 20, made international headlines last year when she accepted the post as top law enforcement official of Praxedis G. Guerrero in October. The town had been without a police chief since her predecessor was shot to death in July 2009.(FOX News) A young police chief who fled a violent Mexican border town is now seeking asylum in the United States, FoxNews.com has learned.
Garcia was granted a leave of absence from March 2-7 to travel to the U.S. for personal matters, but she failed to return as agreed, city officials said. The town's mayor removed her from the post on Monday.
Officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Garcia is now seeking asylum in the United States following death threats she received in Mexico.
"Marisol Valles-Garcia is in the United States and she will have the opportunity to present the facts of her case before an impartial immigration judge," a statement to FoxNews.com from DHS officials read. "Absent a signed privacy waiver, there are no additional details."
More...A soldier walks past a glass door damaged by bullets at the police headquarters where Marisol Valles Garcia used to work as the police chief, in Praxedis G. Guerrero March 7, 2011. [...] (Reuters Pictures)
