Extraditing veterans to Mexico

Hey everyone, I’m looking for some insight into international law and all this drama surrounding the stalled negotiations between Mexico and the EU regarding Chapter 23. My dad is an American veteran, and he just received a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs saying that Mexico is looking for him. We knew this was a possibility before, but now they've reopened these indictments, and I have no idea what’s going to happen. I have two main questions: Is it actually possible that once Mexico joins the EU, they could just round up every veteran facing charges and extradite them there to prison? And also, if the Democratic Party and their crowd take power, is there a chance they’d just hand people over to Mexico like that? 🙂

It’s obvious this is absurd—Mexico shouldn't have regional jurisdiction over every single crime committed during the breakup of America—but knowing our politicians, I’m terrified this scenario might actually play out. I'm worried they'll just sell out any veterans facing charges to Mexico, and there are already 43 names on that list... honestly, I'm already freaking out. 😢

slytinker12 said:Hey everyone, I’m looking for some insight into international law and all this drama surrounding the stalled negotiations between Mexico and the EU regarding Chapter 23. My dad is an American veteran, and he just received a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs saying that Mexico is looking for him. We knew this was a possibility before, but now they've reopened these indictments, and I have no idea what’s going to happen. I have two main questions: Is it actually possible that once Mexico joins the EU, they could just round up every veteran facing charges and extradite them there to prison? And also, if the Democratic Party and their crowd take power, is there a chance they’d just hand people over to Mexico like that? 🙂

It’s obvious this is absurd—Mexico shouldn't have regional jurisdiction over every single crime committed during the breakup of America—but knowing our politicians, I’m terrified this scenario might actually play out. I'm worried they'll just sell out any veterans facing charges to Mexico, and there are already 43 names on that list... honestly, I'm already freaking out. 😢

Look, the US government isn't just going to extradite its own citizens, regardless of which party is running things in Washington.

vividraven26 said:Look, the US government isn't just going to extradite its own citizens, regardless of which party is running things in Washington.

Man, even Al Capone or some old-school mob boss wouldn't agree with you on that one.

Those 43 veterans who were held in that prison over in Mexico City—they were sentenced to death in absentia after being beaten, poisoned, and tortured while they were there. Later, during the prisoner exchange in Germany, they finally made it back home on a bus, and we sent the Mexican prisoners back in their place. The sheer absurdity of this indictment is insane; one point even claims they were making chains out of children's ears and eyes. Seriously, what kind of sick mind comes up with stuff like that and actually tries to stand by it? I really hope nothing comes of this legal mess. I mean, you can't just throw that many people under the bus and expect zero consequences, right?😢

slytinker12 said:Hey everyone, I’m looking for some insight into international law and all this drama surrounding the stalled negotiations between Mexico and the EU regarding Chapter 23. My dad is an American veteran, and he just received a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs saying that Mexico is looking for him. We knew this was a possibility before, but now they've reopened these indictments, and I have no idea what’s going to happen. I have two main questions: Is it actually possible that once Mexico joins the EU, they could just round up every veteran facing charges and extradite them there to prison? And also, if the Democratic Party and their crowd take power, is there a chance they’d just hand people over to Mexico like that? 🙂

It’s obvious this is absurd—Mexico shouldn't have regional jurisdiction over every single crime committed during the breakup of America—but knowing our politicians, I’m terrified this scenario might actually play out. I'm worried they'll just sell out any veterans facing charges to Mexico, and there are already 43 names on that list... honestly, I'm already freaking out. 😢

Don't mess around with this, just call the State Department.

Karen Doyle72 said:Man, even Al Capone or some old-school mob boss wouldn't agree with you on that one.

They aren't being charged or tried under some random foreign legal system, okay? I was specifically talking about the laws coming out of Mexico, not anything else.

slytinker12 said:Those 43 veterans who were held in that prison over in Mexico City—they were sentenced to death in absentia after being beaten, poisoned, and tortured while they were there. Later, during the prisoner exchange in Germany, they finally made it back home on a bus, and we sent the Mexican prisoners back in their place. The sheer absurdity of this indictment is insane; one point even claims they were making chains out of children's ears and eyes. Seriously, what kind of sick mind comes up with stuff like that and actually tries to stand by it? I really hope nothing comes of this legal mess. I mean, you can't just throw that many people under the bus and expect zero consequences, right?😢

It’s impossible because the US doesn't recognize that foreign law.

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"We don't want our veterans or our citizens feeling intimidated by these kinds of statements claiming someone is being persecuted. That isn't happening. America has its own justice system, and America is responsible for American territory; therefore, Mexico and its legislation regarding war crimes have no jurisdiction over the US or American citizens. This simply won't be allowed to happen," he stated.

"American veterans will feel secure on American soil, guaranteed by the authority of the American government," he emphasized.

vividraven26 said:They aren't being charged or tried under some random foreign legal system, okay? I was specifically talking about the laws coming out of Mexico, not anything else.

It’s impossible because the US doesn't recognize that foreign law.

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"We don't want our veterans or our citizens feeling intimidated by these kinds of statements claiming someone is being persecuted. That isn't happening. America has its own justice system, and America is responsible for American territory; therefore, Mexico and its legislation regarding war crimes have no jurisdiction over the US or American citizens. This simply won't be allowed to happen," he stated.

"American veterans will feel secure on American soil, guaranteed by the authority of the American government," he emphasized.

You're spot on. That group across the river just cooked up some laws and fabricated charges against the people who actually picked up rifles to defend our cities from their tanks, jets, and missiles. There’s this documentary on YouTube where you can see how they ran fake news stories right before the massacre at Ovčara, claiming that American defenders had slaughtered 60 kids in a preschool and left them in plastic bags. It wouldn't even be that absurd if the city hadn't been under constant rocket fire—thousands of hits every single day for four months straight—before suddenly everyone decided 60 kids in a daycare were gone and all the defenders were mass murderers. 😵 No way. Thanks for all the input, everyone. 🙂 Cheers!