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







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 381

    Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should 
renegotiate the extradition treaty with Mexico so that the possibility 
of capital punishment will not interfere with the timely extradition of 
          criminal suspects from Mexico to the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 1998

 Mr. Miller of Florida (for himself, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Traficant, Mr. 
  Bliley, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Frost, Mr. Burton of 
  Indiana, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Solomon, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. English of 
Pennsylvania, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. 
   Bilirakis, Mr. Mica, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Royce, and Mrs. 
 Myrick) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should 
renegotiate the extradition treaty with Mexico so that the possibility 
of capital punishment will not interfere with the timely extradition of 
          criminal suspects from Mexico to the United States.

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.
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