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| Fox pledges to extradite all wanted drug lords to US |
| 2006-09-20 |
| President Vicente Fox said Tuesday that Mexico is willing to extradite any drug lord in its custody wanted by the United States. Fox said Mexico currently has 16 "big leaders" of drug gangs in jail along with 75,000 lower level members of various cartels. The U.S. is believed to have requested the extradition of at least three suspected drug kingpins: Benjamin Arellano Felix of the Arellano Felix smuggling syndicate; Osiel Cardenas, reputed head of the Gulf Cartel; and Hector "El Guero" Palma, a reputed leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel. "We will extradite all of those who have pending matters with U.S. justice," Fox told a news conference in New York where he was attending the United Nations General Assembly. It was the first time Mexico's president had made such a sweeping commitment to send wanted drug lords to face charges in the U.S. Mexico extradited its first major drug lord — accused kingpin Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix — to the United States over the weekend. Before that, Mexico had often balked at sending drug kingpins, arguing they should face justice in Mexico and refusing to send anyone to the U.S. who would face the death penalty. |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #10 #9: "Fox pledges to extradite all wanted drug lords to US" In other words. "Here, you feed them." |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2006-09-20 21:59 |
| #9 "Fox pledges to extradite all wanted drug lords to US" Why not save us both a lot of time and trouble and just shoot them there, |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-09-20 15:49 |
| #8 Why not stop the Mexicans trying to break the law by marching over the border? Why not stop his own freaking military from invading the US to support drug smuggling? Why not clean up some of the corruption in Mexico? He can keep his |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-09-20 11:38 |
| #7 Wow! I guess our government did trade "Dog the Bounty Hunter" for all the drug lords. Why are they called "lords"? Shouldn't they be called drug scum? |
| Posted by: Art 2006-09-20 10:14 |
| #6 Call me when it happens. Much like the US border fence. I smell vaporware. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-09-20 09:33 |
| #5 Following Fidel's Marial boat lift of 1980, ridding the country of criminals and unemployed upon the US. Couldn't be that as long as the 'king pins' remain in jail, someone's family members could be kidnapped for a prisoner exchange? Like ruling party/family types? Not a problem if they're sitting it out in the US. |
| Posted by: Chereng Omulet2048 2006-09-20 09:29 |
| #4 Fox wants to |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-09-20 07:38 |
| #3 How nice. Vinnie's on the way out, though. I really doubt his successor is going to follow through on this. |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2006-09-20 05:40 |
| #2 And the winner is... anonymous2u! Ding! Ding! Ding! |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-09-20 01:13 |
| #1 What do yo umean the Seante's voting on a fence????? |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-09-20 00:39 |