[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 171 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 171

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 2, 1999

 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 United 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 United States 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. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE RENEGOTIATION OF THE 
              UNITED STATES-MEXICAN EXTRADITION TREATY.

    It is the sense of the Senate 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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