If a felon flees to Mexico can any law enforcement agency go into Mexico and bring them back for trial?

ÃIESEÅ ÃUB

No they need to be extradited. Look at the case in Denver where there was a man who killed a police officer and then fled to Mexico. As he was a citizen he was promised that in order to be tried in the US the death penalty could not be enforced. As for a US citizen, this would be done with negotiations with the other country as the person could try things like political asylum etc.

the_game7578

Nope. Once they cross the border the United States has to ask Mexico to apprehend them and then extridite them back here... Lol thats what got Dog the Bounty Hunter is so much trouble, going into mexico after Andrew Luster

matty441

It depends on if the country from were the felon fled has a extradition agreement with the country of Mexico like the United States does. Meaning that if you commit a felony here in the U.S. and you flee to Mexico you can be arrested by Federal Agents of the U.S. government in Mexico. Local and state law enforcement agencies have no jurisdiction in any foreign countries.

The Ninjalectual

The consensus in international law is that a State does not have any obligation to surrender an alleged criminal to a foreign state, as one principle of sovereignty is that every state has legal authority over the people within its borders. Such absence of international obligation and desire of the right to demand such criminals of other countries has caused a web of extradition treaties or agreements to evolve; most countries in the world have signed bilateral extradition treaties with most other countries. No country in the world has an extradition treaty with all other countries; for example, the United States (US) lacks extradition treaties with over fifty nations, including the People's Republic of China, Namibia and North Korea.

Most countries require themselves to deny extradition requests if, in the government's opinion, the suspect is sought for a political crime. Many countries, such as Mexico, Canada and most European nations, will not allow extradition if the death penalty may be imposed on the suspect unless they are assured that the death sentence will not subsequently be passed or carried out.

lonewolf1

It depends if the law enforcement agency has more money that the felon. And as for bounty hunters, they are illegal in Mexico, but like I said many times before, you have cash, you have Mexico.

cpl3043usmc

Not any law enforcement agency, just those tasked and permitted by international treaty or agreement. The three prominent being: the FBI, the U.S. Marshals, and the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Security Bureau.

They have to work with the Mexican government. If they nab someone in the Mexican border without the Mexican authorities it's considered kidnapping. The Mexican government has cooperated in the past but in some cases they might turn thier head.

Roger K

DAWG THE BOUNTY HUNTER DID THAT WITH THAT RAPIST REVLON GUY THAT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO BUY HIS PARDON FROM CLINTON. BUT MEXICO WANTS TO CHARGE HIM FOR TAKING THEIR BIGGEST BRIBE MAKER BACK TO AMERICA.

*****

If there is an extradiction agreement, yes.

Spy Girl

I don't believe so - case in point, a county sheriff in NM was killed in a routine traffic stop; he was tracked to Mexico, but Mexico refused to let authorities take him back to the US unless we promised not to give him the death penalty. Mexico has very unbalanced ethics.

Anya

No, there are extradition laws.

Daz2020

No, they would need permission from the Mexican government.

upside down

You send a bounty hunter in & they do it.

Paul Vargas

No foreign law enforcement agency has the power to arrest anyone in Mexico. When news articles state that someone was arrested by, say, U.S. Marshals, the actual arrest was carried out by Mexican authorities.

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