Mexico to consider extradition of woman who killed ex-beau's new girlfriend

A ruling on extraditing a woman who is on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted fugitives list for the killing of her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend in Texas could come anywhere from two to 12 months from now, a Mexican official said Saturday.

The federal official, who was not authorized to be named discussing the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said the United States has a 60-day window to formally request the extradition of Brenda Berenice Delgado Reynaga, who was captured by Mexican agents in the city of Torreón, in the northern state of Coahuila.

At that point the process that could be as quick as two months if she does not challenge extradition, or up to a year if she does.

Delgado Reynaga, 33, was being held at a Mexico City prison, the Mexican Attorney General's Office said Friday. She faces charges of capital murder and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution in connection with the September death of Dr. Kendra Hatcher, a dentist.

Dallas County District Attorney Susan Hawk told Dallas-Fort Worth television station KTVT that an extradition agreement between Mexico and the U.S. requires that the death penalty not be allowed. Hawk said Delgado faces life in prison, if convicted.

Hatcher, 35, was gunned down in the parking garage of her Dallas apartment complex. Prosecutors allege that Delgado Reynaga hired two accomplices - one of them the gunman - to carry out the hit. Both alleged accomplices are in custody.

Delgado Reynaga told one of them she was connected with a cartel and could provide him with a steady source of drugs if he carried out the killing, according to an FBI statement.

"He thought he had an in with the cartel," Dallas police Detective Lee Thompson said, according to the statement.

It's believed that Delgado Reynaga fled the country shortly after Dallas investigators questioned her about the killing, federal authorities said.

Investigators say Delgado Reynaga was jealous because Hatcher was dating her ex-boyfriend and had recently been introduced to his parents.

The boyfriend had dated Delgado Reynaga for about two years before his relationship with Hatcher.

The FBI has named more than 500 people to the agency's most-wanted list since it was established in 1950. Delgado Reynaga, who is a Mexican citizen, is just the ninth woman to make the list.