[Lurker]

but that doesn't mean we have to or should extradite said citizens.

Actually we do have to. Here's a link to the US-Mexican Extradition Treaty.

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[Deaf Smith]

I was mistaken, it has been the past four weeks.

Saturday, June 04, 2011 8:34:41 AM · 13 of 19 Deaf Smith to eyeamok " it is nothing but a dog and pony show." Easy enough. Give pertaining evidence of deaths in Mexico tied to the guns to the Mexican authorities. Let the Mexican government issue arrest warrants & extradition papers on the ATF agents. The ATF agents would turn on Holder & Hussein very quickly vs risking Mexican prisons.

[BuckeyeTexan]

But you didn’t actually read that treaty, right? No, because if you did, you’d realize that there are certain restrictions on extradition between the U.S. and Mexico. Namely, we don’t have to extradite our own nationals (citizens). It’s up to us to decide if we will or not. Mexico does not extradite its citizens but agrees to prosecute them itself if appropriate. It’s called a jurisdictional restriction on extradition.

For all those on this thread who would so willingly turn over an American citzen to Mexico, you might want to apply that logic to yourself or your children and then decide if in that circumstance you’d want to be governed by the Constitution of the United States or by international law.

I cannot believe I’m having this discussion with any FReeper.