Matter of Extradition of Valdez-Mainero

CERTIFICATION OF EXTRADIT-ABILITY AND ORDER OF COMMITMENT

AARON, United States Magistrate Judge.

This is a proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 3184 pursuant to a request by the Republic of Mexico for the extradition from the United States to Mexico of Gabriel Alfredo Valdez-Mainero, under the provisions of the Extradition Treaty Between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, May 4,1978 (“Treaty”).

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Procedural History and Factual Background

On February 4, 1997, the Judge of the Fourth District Court for the State of Baja, California, Mexico issued an arrest warrant for Gabriel…