The US State Department has insisted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s decision to refuse an extradition request for Harry Dunn’s alleged killer was final despite an Interpol Red Notice being issued.
Mr Dunn 19, died after a crash in Northamptonshire in August and US national Anne Sacoolas is suspected of causing his death by dangerous driving.
An Interpol Red Notice - a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action - has now been issued.
But a spokeswoman said the State Department maintained the position that Ms Sacoolas had diplomatic immunity from criminal jurisdiction.
A Home Office extradition request was rejected by the US in January.
On its website, Interpol states a red notice “is an international wanted persons notice, but it is not an arrest warrant”.
Responding to the news, the Dunn family spokesman Radd Seiger said: “The White House may feel that secretary Pompeo’s refusal to extradite Anne Sacoolas was final but that does not reflect the real position.
“In fact quite the contrary, as the US Embassy in London said in a recent letter to Andrea Leadsom, both countries recognise that the final decision will rest with the court following a judicial review.
“Clearly, the White House must be preoccupied on other matters and are not keeping up with developments. Either that or they continue to mislead and gaslight which would not be a first.
“The pressure for Anne Sacoolas to return increases by the day and must now be intolerable. It is time to bring the parents’ suffering to an end and send Anne Sacoolas back.”
