[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 93 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 93

Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should renegotiate 
 the extradition treaty with Mexico so that the possibility of capital 
  punishment or life imprisonment 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 13, 2003

  Mr. McKeon submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


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

Whereas the Mexican Supreme Court ruled in October 2001 that Mexico will not 
        extradite criminals who face life sentences in the United States;
Whereas the person or persons responsible for the April 29, 2002, murder of Los 
        Angeles County Sheriff Deputy David March is believed to have fled to 
        Mexico to avoid prosecution;
Whereas under the Extradition Treaty between the United States of American and 
        the United Mexican States, Mexico has refused to extradite to the United 
        States other suspects of capital crimes;
Whereas the attorneys general from all 50 States have asked United States 
        Attorney General John Ashcroft and Secretary of State Colin Powell to 
        address this extradition issue with their counterparts in Mexico; 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 by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that the President should renegotiate 
the Extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the 
United Mexican States, signed in Mexico City on May 4, 1978 (31 UST 
5059), so that the possibility of capital punishment or life 
imprisonment will not interfere with the timely extradition of criminal 
suspects from Mexico to the United States.
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