Mexico Draws The Line (AGAIN)

Rocky Mountain News ^ | 6-7-05 | Sue Lindsey & Fernando Quintero

[txdoda]

Terms: no death penalty, no life without parole

Mexican authorities will not return Raul Garcia-Gomez to the United States unless prosecutors agree to spare him from execution and life without parole, the Mexican consul in Denver said Monday.

Juan Marcos Gutierrez-Gonzalez, consul general of Mexico in Denver, stressed the cooperation between Mexican and U.S. authorities that resulted in Garcia-Gomez's arrest Saturday night.

"We are now having one of the best moments of Colorado-Mexico relations," he said.

But the consul said recent court rulings in his country prevent the extradition of suspects facing either of the United States' harshest penalties.

A longstanding treaty between the U.S. and Mexico specifically bars extradition in death penalty cases. Mexico's highest court recently expanded the limits, rejecting extradition for cases in which life without parole was a possibility, Gutierrez-Gonzalez said.

The maximum allowable sentence for murder under Mexican law is 60 years.

Mexico's policies regarding the return of citizens suspected of committing crimes on U.S. soil took center stage with Garcia-Gomez's capture in the city of Culiacán.

[citizen]

The maximum allowable sentence for murder under Mexican law is 60 years.

60 years w/ NO parole might be OK, though I'd rather Colorado use the firing squad on him.

[BnBlFlag]

The government of Mexico is our enemy and has been for a long time. Our government's response has been to kiss their a$$es and take the ostrich approach. This craven response has been true under both Dim and Rpublican administrations and we must change it now. The invasion is destroying our "Border, Language and Culture".

[piceapungens]

Our "honest, hard-working friends" to the south strike again.

[Eastbound]

"I was sort of wondering when it became okay for a country to unilaterally change or "expand" the terms of a treaty."

Heh. Never, I suppose. But in Mexico's case what Vicente wants, Vicente gets. Most Favored Drug Nation status..

[beaversmom]

Dittos on what you said.

[gubamyster]

ping

[monkeywrench]

Wow! What ever happened to "don't mess with Texas"?

[CatoRenasci]

Mexican authorities will not return Raul Garcia-Gomez to the United States unless prosecutors agree to spare him from execution and life without parole, the Mexican consul in Denver said Monday.

Tell Mexico that we're setting the terms, and those are either you send this piece of excrement back or we'll come and get him. If you return him, he's the only Mexican who might get a death sentence. If we have to come in to Mexico to get the bastard, there may be a whole lot of Mexicans who will not survive the experience. And let 'em know they have 24 hours to get the scumbag back here before we start doing a major reconnaisance by fire.

[tertiary01]

This site gives some hints on how we dealt with Mexican aggression in the past.



http://www.veteranmuseum.org/us-mexico.html

[JarheadFromFlorida]

I hope that Raul Garcia-Gomez moves in next door to Vincente Cockroaches' mother and gets a job with a sprinkler company.

[Black Tooth]

Wow! Thanks for the heads up. I appreciate that. I'm still digesting this article.

[Black Tooth]

"A lot depends on how much pressure the United States puts on Mexico," Nanda said. "These negotiations are based on political clout, and the United States has a great deal of leverage with Mexico."

Seems to me the pressure ought to be enormous and immediate!

The consul general in Denver pointed out Monday that Mexico is not alone in denying extradition in death penalty cases. "It's not just Mexico," Gutierrez-Gonzalez said. "Canada and France have the same position on the death penalty. This does not mean that Mexico does not want justice."

I don't understand his point. The issue here is not Canada or France, and citizens of those countries generally do not commit cold blooded murder against our law enforcement and citizens. It has become alarmingly routine for Mexican citizens to enter our country illegally and commit these types of crimes.

[auntyfemenist]

If 60 years is the best we can do, that is probably about a liftime anyway, depending on how old the guy is. Okay, 60 years with no parol, no good time.