In re Extradition

OPINION AND ORDER RE: BAIL

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

A. Proceedings Before Magistrate Judge Moskowitz

On March 29, 1995, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California filed a Formal Request for Extradition on behalf of the Republic of Mexico, seeking the extradition to Mexico of Jaime Morales, a United States citizen. The Complaint for Arrest with a View Towards Extradition, which was filed with the Request, stated that a warrant for Morales’ arrest had been issued by the Sixth Judge for Criminal Matters of the Judicial District Court in the City of Chihuahua, State of Chihuahua, Mexico, charging Morales with the criminal offense “breach of trust.” The complainant requested that a warrant for Morales’ arrest be issued, and that he be brought before the United States District Court for the Southern District of California for an extradition hearing.

The Mexican court’s summary of the evidence upon which the Court relied in issuing the arrest warrant for Morales was set forth in documents which accompanied the Formal Request for Extradition. This summary indicates that on May 7, 1991, at the offices of a company called “Tanques Y…