A high-ranking Mexican diplomat in Denver for the inauguration of the country’s new consulate offices said his government supported the extradition to Colorado of accused cop killer Raul Gomez-Garcia.
Geronimo Gutierrez, Mexico’s undersecretary for North America in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the Mexican government “strongly believes (Gomez-Garcia) should face justice here.
“Mexico has no interest in harboring criminals,” he said. “The Mexican government is working and will be granting the extradition from an executive branch perspective.”
However, Gutierrez said Gomez-Garcia’s case would soon be entering the judicial phase in Mexico, which was subject to a number of variables that could delay his extradition, including Gomez-Garcia’s right to appeal a judge’s decision.
Gutierrez, who spoke on a number of topics, also warned that immigration reform would work only through improved relations between Mexico and the United States.
He was critical of a bill proposed by U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., which would increase the number of U.S. border patrol agents, crack down on employers who who hire illegal immigrants, and make it a felony to be in the U.S. illegally.
The plan would also require immigrants to return to Mexico before they are given guest-worker status, and would then limit them to 365 days in the U.S. every two years.
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Mexico High Court Allows Drug Extradition to U.S., Reforma Says
Mexico may send its citizens to stand trial abroad where a life sentence is possible, opening the door for extradition of drug traffickers sought by the U.S., the Supreme Court ruled, according to daily Reforma.
The court previously held Mexico couldn't grant U.S. extradition requests for alleged drug traffickers because the life sentences they faced violated the Mexican constitution. The court yesterday ruled that Mexican judges can impose multiple sentences that are effectively no different from a life sentence in the U.S., making extradition permissible, Reforma said.
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Mexico overturns extradition ban
The Mexican Supreme Court has overturned a ban on extraditing suspects facing life sentences, allowing them to be sent to the United States.
The ruling followed a decision by the Chihuahua state government to modify its penal code to include life sentences for those convicted homicide and kidnapping, El Universal reported Wednesday.
Mexico will, however, refrain from sending suspects to U.S. states that have the death penalty, which was banned earlier this year.
Among those most likely to face trial in the United States are drug smugglers. It also applies to U.S. citizens who flee to
Mexico-Vzla treaty takes effect despite spat
An extradition treaty between Mexico and Venezuela went into effect on Thursday,
a move the Mexican government said shows the relationship between the two nations is moving forward despite a diplomatic spat that saw both countries withdraw their ambassadors earlier this month.
The agreement, which provides for the extradition of citizens of both countries, was signed in 1998, formalized on Oct. 25 and went into effect Thursday.
“The entry into effect of this treaty shows the clear interest of Mexico and Venezuela to broaden their legal frameworks and, in the current context, demonstrates their willingness not only
Mexico to return Denver murder suspect
A Mexican suspect in the shooting death of a Denver detective has not appealed his extradition and will be sent back from his Mexico City jail cell.
Raul Gomez-Garcia, 20, did not appeal the Mexican government`s extradition decision issued on Thanksgiving Day, and the 15-day appeal period has passed, the Denver Post reported.
Gomez-Garcia is charged with second-degree murder in Donald Young`s death and with attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of Detective John Bishop. He is accused of ambushing the two uniformed off-duty detectives while they provided security at a party at a social hall
Mexico OKs extradition in Colo. shooting
A man accused of killing a Denver police officer can be extradited to the United States, the Consulate General of Mexico said.
Raul Gomez-Garcia was charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder in the death of Detective Donald Young and the wounding of Detective John H. Bishop in May while the men were working off-duty as security for a party.
He has been jailed in Mexico since he was captured there in June.
Gomez-Garcia has 15 working days to appeal, the Mexican Consulate said in a news release Thursday. If he does not, he could be returned to
Mexico fugitive nabbed in Del Rio
The local U.S. Marshals Service office has picked up a man wanted in the killing of a prostitute in Mexico.
The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force took David Antonio Garza Muniz, 37, into custody Thursday as he left his home in Del Rio.
Marshals were holding him for extradition, LaFayette Collins, U.S. marshal for the Western District of Texas, said in a release.
Garza was convicted of manslaughter in the 1996 beating death of a prostitute in Mexico over a spat about money, the release said.
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PM confident Mexico won't try to extradite Canadian women
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is confident Mexico will not seek to extradite two Thunder Bay women whom Mexican authorities have said are linked to the murders of a Toronto couple at a Cancun-area resort.
"We're told once again, and we've been saying this for some time, there is no extradition demand pending nor is there one anticipated in the near future," the prime minister said.
Harper made the comments Friday during the closing news conference at a summit with U.S. President George W. Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox in Cancun.
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Stockton-Mexico airline service may be approved
AeroMexico Airlines could begin flights from Stockton to Guadalajara, Mexico, in the spring if San Joaquin County supervisors vote to approve the plan on Tuesday.
At issue is whether the county should accept a $2 million loan from the San Joaquin Council of Governments to build a customs and immigration inspection facility at Stockton Metropolitan Airport.
The airport currently has no airline service but supports growing airfreight activity.
Federal grant money would be used to repay the loan, but some supervisors have gone on record questioning the fiscal responsibility of accepting a loan, given the airport’s history of
Missing Fernley girl found in Mexico
An 8-year-old Fernley girl who authorities say was abducted July 22 by a convicted sex offender and taken to Mexico is safe in Ensenada, Mexico, authorities from Lyon County confirmed Friday night.
Mexican officials are working with U.S. authorities to return Lydia Bethany-Rose Rupp to her mother in Fernley, said Capt. Jeff Page of the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office. The girl’s alleged abductor — 47-year-old Fernando Aguerro — is in the custody of Mexican authorities and is awaiting extradition proceedings, Page said.
Lydia and Aguerro were found at a shelter for low-income people, Page said.
Mexico extradites drug lord suspect
Alleged drug kingpin Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix was extradited to the United States on Saturday to face drug charges, becoming the first major Mexican drug lord suspect to be sent north for trial.
Mexicos extradition of the man who is suspected of having once run the Arellano Félix drug clan was a victory for U.S. officials, who have been pushing Mexico to send them more drug lords.
Arellano Félix was loaded into a helicopter in Matamoros, then flown across the border and handed over to Texas officials in Brownsville after serving a 10-year sentence in Mexico. He will
