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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | December 2006 
U.S. Praises Mexico for Extraditions
 Associated Press
| | Capital punishment is illegal in Mexico, and a 1978 treaty with the United States allows Mexico to deny extradition if the suspect could be executed. |
U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza praised Mexico on Thursday for extraditing what he called "a record number" of fugitives to the United States in 2006, noting that Mexico sent 63 suspects north to face justice.
Extraditing fugitives to the United States remains a sensitive issue. Mexico only recently began extraditing people facing a possible life sentences and refuses to extradite those facing possible death sentences.
"This is the highest ever number of extraditions in a year from Mexico to the United States and demonstrates our countries' common commitment to bringing criminals to justice," Garza said in a statement.
In the whole of 2005, Mexico extradited 41 suspected criminals to the United States, up from 34 in 2004, 31 in 2003, 25 in 2002, 17 in 2001, and 12 in 2000, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
In late 2005, Mexico's Supreme Court overturned a 4-year ban on the extradition of suspects facing life in prison.
Capital punishment is illegal in Mexico, and a 1978 treaty with the United States allows Mexico to deny extradition if the suspect could be executed. |
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