The U.S. Fails to Fulfill A Single Extradition Requests by Mexico

During President Claudia Sheinbaum’s morning press conference, Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Roberto Velasco stated that of those 269 requests, 36 have been denied and 233 are still awaiting resolution. Of those still pending resolution,183 correspond to formal extradition requests. The remaining 50 correspond to provisional detentions for extradition purposes, and in 47 of those cases, the U.S. requested that Mexico  present additional information. 

Some of the individuals wanted by the Mexican justice are political figure, businessmen and criminals. Among them is former Tamaulipas governor Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca, who faces charges from the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) for organized crime and money laundering. Other individuals are  those implicated in the 2014 disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa students. In addition, suspects that face charges for a massive embezzlement and corruption scheme within the Secretariat of the Interior. This case, which involved the diversion of public resources to networks linked to former officials and the misuse of budgets under the concept of “National Security," occurred under the administrations of Felipe Calderón and Enrique Peña Nieto. Separately, Mexican businessman Rafael Zaga Tawil  is wanted for his implication in the embezzlement case involving the National Workers’ Housing Institute (INFONAVIT).

While the U.S. government puts pressure on Mexico to speed up extradition of drug traffickers and Mexican politicians allegedly linked to organized crime, President Sheinbaum has demanded reciprocity from the United States.

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