Mexican attorney linked to botched hit on journalist agrees to extradition from California

Mexican news anchor Ciro Gómez Leyva was driving home from work late one night in December 2022 when a small car veered into the path of his Jeep Cherokee and slowed to a stop. Almost immediately, two people on a motorcycle pulled next to the Jeep and a gunman opened fire with a pistol, spraying 9mm bullets into the Jeep’s driver-side window, windshield and hood.

Gómez, also the host of a popular radio show, survived the attack thanks to his Jeep’s armored plating and bulletproof glass ...