The drug deal gone bad happened only a few weeks after the brothers had relocated from their father’s home in Ottawa, Canada, to South Florida to live with their mother. Ruiz was also wounded, but it’s not clear who shot him. Rodriguez was wounded in the arm, but the indictment says he was actually shot by Jean Wabafiyebazu. Marc Wabafiyebazu is also charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting at Rodriguez as well as with attempted armed robbery and illegal possession of a firearm by a minor. Under Florida law, all suspects involved in committing a crime can be charged with murder if it leads to a killing. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.The grand jury also indicted two other young men involved in the drug deal on felony murder charges: Anthony Rodriguez, 19, and 21-year-old Johann Ruiz. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor.
Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. That Explainer was reported by Christopher Beam.Ĭopyright © 2010 NPR. NORRIS: That's Andy Bowers, senior editor at Slate. Georgia waived his immunity, and he was convicted of manslaughter. That happened in 1997 when a top diplomat from the Republic of Georgia struck and killed a Maryland teenager while driving drunk. And the diplomat's own government can always waive immunity. or any country can deport diplomats for any reason including crimes. But the same punch thrown at a bar on the weekend could land him in jail.Įmbassy service staff such as kitchen workers have no special status. Lower ranking officials have what's called functional immunity, that means they're safe as long the crime is committed as part of their diplomatic work. That means a foreign ambassador can commit just about any crime, from running a red light to murder, and escape prosecution. A top diplomat does, indeed, have full immunity, as do any deputies or families members. ANDY BOWERS (Senior Editor, ): It depends how high you rank at your embassy. The online magazine investigated that for its Explainer column.
But just how far does diplomatic immunity go? The Qatari diplomat who touched off the terrorism scare enjoys immunity and cannot be prosecuted for that incident.
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