MEXICO. SUSPECTS FACING LIFE TERMS CAN BE EXTRADITED, SUPREME COURT

Mexico's Supreme Court ruled that suspects facing life in prison can be extradited, overturning a 4-year-old ban that had prevented many of the country's most-notorious criminals from being sent to the US to face justice. A 1978 treaty with the US allowed Mexico to deny extradition if a person faced the death penalty. In 2001, the Supreme Court also blocked extradition of suspects facing life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Judges ruled 6-5 to throw out the life without parole restriction, but their ruling would not ease extradition restrictions for suspects who could face the death penalty, a court spokesman said.