[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

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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.