[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 381 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                    September 15, 1998.
Whereas under the Extradition Treaty Between the United States of America and 
        the United Mexican States, Mexico refused to extradite murder suspect 
        and U.S. citizen Jose Luis Del Toro to the United States until the State 
        of Florida agreed not to exercise its right to seek capital punishment 
        in its criminal prosecution of him;
Whereas under the Extradition Treaty Mexico has refused to extradite other 
        suspects of capital crimes; and
Whereas the Extradition Treaty interferes with the justice system of the United 
        States and encourages criminals to flee to Mexico: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
President should renegotiate the Extradition Treaty Between the United States of 
America and the United Mexican States, signed in Mexico City in 1978 (31 U.S.T. 
5059), so that the possibility of capital punishment will not interfere with the 
timely extradition of criminal suspects from Mexico to the United States.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.