Sure. Here is one:
Foreign Aid to Stop If Mexico Refuses Extradition of Cop-Killers November 30, 2005 06:22 AM EST by Jim Kouri - The US House of Representees passed a $21 billion foreign-aid bill that includes a provision to cut off aid to any nation that harbors a cop-killer and denies requests for extradition of suspects involved in the of killing a US law enforcement officer. Many observers recognize this as a warning to the Mexican government. The legislation, which allocates almost $3 billion for medical assistance for AIDS victims in Africa and $61 million for economic and security programs, is expected to gain passage in the Senate. The extradition section is a last ditch effort to resolve a unilateral treaty dispute with Mexico, which now refuses to extradite any suspect who would face the death penalty or life in prison without possibility of parole. Originally only suspects facing capital punishment were not extradited, but last year the Mexican supreme court unilaterally extended the prohibition to suspects facing life sentences. Mexico receives enormous foreign-aid packages from the United States and stands to lose a lot if they continue to thumb their noses at American police chiefs and officers. Up to 4,000 fugitives have escaped back into Mexico after killing Americans. An estimated 1,000 of the homicide arrest warrants for Mexicans were from California, including 400 from Los Angeles County, which also has three outstanding warrants for people suspected of killing a police officers. "The US should not be forced to plea bargain with other countries, nor should full justice be denied family members of assassinated cops," said Rep. Bob Beauprez, the Colorado Republican who sponsored the legislation. "This appropriations bill will help us put an end to rewarding foreign-aid nations that provide safe haven to cop killers," he said. The Senate will most likely pass the bill, which passed the House 358-39, and the President is expected to sign it into law. Police organizations, including the Fraternal Order of Police, the National Association of Chiefs of Police, and American Federation of Police as well as the families of slain officers applauded the passage of the House bill. However, so far the Mexican government has made no statements regarding their foreign aid being placed in jeopardy. Other than criticism by liberal groups and advocates of open borders, the only criticism being leveled at this legislation comes from Americans who believe the bill doesn't go far enough and should include any murderer who has escaped US justice by returning to Mexico. Statistics show that as a group illegal aliens from Mexico perpetrate a disproportionate amount of crime when compared to other groups. Criminal aliens are responsible for hundreds of thousands of crime including murders, rapes, robberies and assaults. According to Heather McDonald of the Manhattan Institute in New York City, in California alone, 95% of outstanding homicide arrest warrants are for illegal aliens and 65% of all felony arrest warrants are for illegal immigrants.
Thank you. SO this isn't a problem of corrupt mexicans looking the other way, but an official policy of their government to refuse extradition for people subject to death penalty or life in prison without parole.
I disagree with this, and we need to work it out, the legislation might help. Mexico isn't the only country we have this problem with, many European countries won't extradite people if they are subject to the death penalty.
I believe that in the general instance, mexico will jail the suspects on our request, but won't extradite them unless we promise not to seek the death penalty. But I was hoping for a specific case with a name I could research to see if that was true.