Legal Opinion
Vatcharee Pronsivakulchai v. Alberto R. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 29, 2006No. 05-2662PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Vatcharee Pronsivakulchai, a citizen of Thailand, was arrested in Bangkok in October of 2000 based on a United States warrant for drug trafficking. She spent seven months in a Thai prison and was then extradited to the United States to face trial. Once in United States’ custody, Pronsivakulchai assisted the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) in a criminal investigation by writing letters to Thai gang members she had met in prison as well as other known gang members from her hometown, Ranong. At the direction of a DEA agent, her letters falsely stated that she had won…
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