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Mexico extradites criminal suspects to US
Nov 4 2009, Global Report

Mexico set a new high in extraditing criminal suspects to the U.S. on Sunday, reaching a total of 100 so far this year in what the U.S. Embassy called a “record for bilateral cooperation between the two countries.”The Embassy said Mexican...

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