Gov. Susana Martinez has renewed a request that the Obama administration try to extradite from Cuba the last living suspect in the 1971 shooting death of a New Mexico state police officer. Previous attempts by state officials were unsuccessful, but now President Barack Obama's move to thaw U.S. relations with Cuba has given some who have fought for justice new hope.
Martinez sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry and Attorney General Eric Holder asking for them to push for the return of Charlie Hill.
Hill, Michael Finney and Ralph Goodwin were accused in the murder of Robert Rosenbloom, who was gunned down during a traffic stop. They fled the country by hijacking an airliner from Albuquerque's airport.
Finney and Goodwin died in Cuba.
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Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com
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