[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 136 (Friday, October 2, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11346-S11347]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  SENATE RESOLUTION 284--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

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

                              S. Res. 284

       Whereas under the Extradition Treaty Between the United 
     States of America and the

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     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. SENSE 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 (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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