Durazo Loses Extradition Fight
U.S. Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist today turned down a last-minute appeal from former Mexico City Police Chief Arturo Durazo, clearing the way for Durazo’s extradition to Mexico to stand trial on extortion and illegal weapons charges.
Moments after Rehnquist’s decision, federal authorities in Los Angeles began making preparations for returning Durazo --who has been held under heavy guard here at an undisclosed location--to his homeland. But officials were not saying when the 68-year-old former police chief, a childhood friend of former Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo, would actually leave.
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