News (Media Awareness Project) - Mexico: Mexico Rejects Extradition For 5 |
| Title: | Mexico: Mexico Rejects Extradition For 5 |
| Published On: | 1999-02-08 |
| Source: | Chicago Tribune (IL) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-06 13:56:13 |
MEXICO REJECTS EXTRADITION FOR 5
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico on Sunday rejected a U.S. extradition request for five
men wanted in the largest money-laundering case in U.S. history, saying it
would instead try them here.
A government news release said the 1998 Casablanca sting operation that
caught the five men had harmed anti-drug cooperation. In the sting, U.S.
officials lured 40 Mexican and Venezuelan businessmen, bankers and alleged
drug cartel members to the U.S. and arrested them. The five wanted men are
now under arrest in Mexico.
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico on Sunday rejected a U.S. extradition request for five
men wanted in the largest money-laundering case in U.S. history, saying it
would instead try them here.
A government news release said the 1998 Casablanca sting operation that
caught the five men had harmed anti-drug cooperation. In the sting, U.S.
officials lured 40 Mexican and Venezuelan businessmen, bankers and alleged
drug cartel members to the U.S. and arrested them. The five wanted men are
now under arrest in Mexico.
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