The Issues

EXTRADITION/FOREIGN PROSECUTION, MEXICO

I.     Extradition Treaty Between the United States of America and the United Mexican States (Signed by President Jimmy Carter, 1978, Effective 1980)

The Extradition Treaty between the United States of America and The United Mexican States (hereinafter, "the Extradition Treaty", see 31 U.S.T. 5061) provides for extradition of a party who has been charged with or found guilty of an offense committed in the United States, who has fled to Mexico. An offense is extraditable if it is a crime in both countries and punishable by incarceration for a period of one year or more. Double jeopardy and statute of limitations provisions in each country apply. (See CA Penal Code Sections 656, 793, Extradition Treaty, Article 6)

The Extradition Treaty further provides that where the offense for which extradition is sought is punishable by death, extradition may... <more>

Mexican Extradition Law

• Extradition Treaty May 4, 1978
• Mexican Extradition Law
• Article IV

Mexican Government Links

• President Fox & Republic of Mexico
  www.presidencia.gob.mx/
• Mexico Attorney General's Office
  www.pgr.gob.mx/
• Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles, California
  www.consulmex-la.com/

Mexican Supreme Court Decisions

• Politics La Jornada - Resolution from the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) Gustavo Castillo April 14, 2004
• Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation Press Release April 13, 2004
• Excerpts from Mexican Supreme Court - October, 2001

In the News

• Mexican Being Extradited in U.S. Drug Agent's Slaying - New York Times Jan. 29, 2005
• No Justice No Peace of Mind - Orange County Weekly Jan. 21-27, 2005
• Killers Slipping Away to Mexico February 23, 2004
• Infamous Tijuana Prison City Torn Down - L.A.Times Sep. 16, 2002
• Headline News - Selected Articles
• Media Files Collection

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