[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. Res. 284 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 284

     Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should 
renegotiate the Extradition Treaty Between the Untied States of America 
                     and the United Mexican States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 2, 1998

 Mr. Torricelli submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should 
renegotiate the Extradition Treaty Between the Untied States of America 
                     and the United Mexican 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,

SECTION 1. SENSES OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE RENEGOTIATION OF THE 
              U.S.-MEXICAN EXTRADITION TREATY.

    It is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) the President should renegotiate the Extradition Treaty 
        Between the United States of America and the United Mexican 
        States, signed in Mexico City in 1978 (312 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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