Mexican courts' refusal to extradite prompts U.S. concern

EFE ^ | 6/22/02

[Ranger]

Mexico City, Jun 22, 2002 (EFE via COMTEX) -- U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Jeffrey Davidow has expressed his government's concern about the refusal of some Mexican courts to extradite suspected criminals.

"We are concerned that some district and circuit courts are not accepting U.S. assurances regarding life terms. They are not accepting our assurances," Davidow said on Friday.

The Mexican courts, backed by the country's Supreme Court, have repeatedly refused to extradite alleged criminals to the United States unless they receive official assurances the suspects would not be subject to capital punishent or receive life sentences, which do not exist in Mexican legislation.

Davidow said both countries are working to solve the problem and get Mexican judges to accept assurances extended by U.S. prosecutors.

[Tacis]

There are no third worlders as arrogant as the Mexicans and there are no third worlders who have so little to be arrogant about. The problem with these judges, however, might not be arrogance, but simply the failure to pay an adequate bribe to get whatever that US authorities wanted.

My bet is that a Mexican judge who refused to extradite a Mexican national to the US for trial without a guarantee of no capital punishment, for the right bribe, would order the death of the same Mexican national in his cell in the Mexican prison in which he currently resides.

[KirklandJunction]

So you don't travel abroad much. Good. Please don't. Major airports are too crowded now.

You want to place that bet? Please go south of the border and do so. Please do. If you're old enough.

[browardchad]

Davidow said both countries are working to solve the problem and get Mexican judges to accept assurances extended by U.S. prosecutors.

Assurances of what? That there will be no executions or life terms? That's what it sounds like. We haven't given those assurances to France in the Moussaoui case, or to any other nation, that I know of.

But, of course, Mexico is different. We prefer to lick their boots.

[Flyer]

You don't make a good second impression either.

[advocate10]

Why don't we send the US Marines over the border to get him? The Mexican army makes incursions into the US all the time. It's usually to protect their drug smugglers!