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* The abduction outraged the Mexican government. * * When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the legality of the kidnapping in * June 1992, Mexico temporarily suspended its participation in joint * anti-narcotics operations with the United States. * * Then Mexico adopted its Mexicanization policy a year later [keep American * drug enforcement out of Mexico], and the State Department said that the * abduction was directly to blame for Mexico's increased concerns about * national sovereignty. Of course, that's no reason not to check our U.S. borders. We never learn: # "CIA Suspect's Prosperous Clan Reacts Angrily to Arrest in Pakistan" # By Kenneth J. Cooper, The Washington Post, June 22, 1997 ...combined with... # "Spiriting Off Fugitive By U.S. Irks Pakistanis" # By John F. Burns, The New York Times, June 23, 1997 # # Mir Aimal Kansi, who was wanted for killing two CIA employees and wounding # three others in an attack outside their Langley headquarters, was # transported from Pakistan within hours of his arrest. # # Leaders of minor political parties in the capital have taken up the issue, # criticizing the national government for ignoring its own extradition laws # and permitting a foreign country to haul off a Pakistani citizen without # giving him a court hearing as provided by law. # # "Of course, we are angry," said a video store owner. # # Pakistani newspapers have described the swift transfer as a loss for the # nation's prestige and the rule of law. The Lahore News said, |
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