extradition
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Extradition requests typically drag on for months, sometimes years, as those targeted seek reprieves from Mexican courts.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
John Sheehan, head of the CPS Extradition unit, said it was a "complex" investigation and extradition process which required bringing together multiple agencies.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025
The additional charges filed later violated an Extradition Treaty between the United States and the Bahamas, they added.
From Seattle Times • May 8, 2023
Extradition, he said, “is one of the ways they rescue people.”
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023
Extradition is "the delivering up to justice of fugitive criminals by the authorities of one state or country to those of another."
From Studies in Civics by McCleary, J. T. (James Thompson)
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