    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1998, Book I)]
    [May 21, 1998]
    [Pages 821-822]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Senate Transmitting the Mexico-United States Extradition
    Treaty Protocol With Documentation
    May 21, 1998

    To the Senate of the United States:
        With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to
    ratification, I transmit herewith the Protocol to the Extradition Treaty
    Between the United States of America and the

    [[Page 822]]

    United Mexican States of May 4, 1978, signed at Washington on November
    13, 1997.
        In addition, I transmit, for the information of the Senate, the
    report of the Department of State with respect to the Protocol. As the
    report explains, the Protocol will not require implementing legislation.
        This Protocol will, upon entry into force, enhance cooperation
    between the law enforcement communities of both countries. The Protocol
    incorporates into the 1978 Extradition Treaty with Mexico a provision on
    temporary surrender of persons that is a standard provision in more
    recent U.S. bilateral extradition treaties.
        I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration
    to the Protocol and give its advice and consent to ratification.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,

    May 21, 1998.