mexidd: prisoner exchange proposal.
(u> mexican president echeverrIaroposed leg isl ato allow foreigners to serve ja il TERMS IN their own COIJMTpIES
is designed in part to put pressure on the us to speed fjego -tlationsrisoner exchange.
//the mexicans first proposed such a" exchange to use months ago, and it hasong us prisoners in mexico for some time. the development of thewasless hastenedunger strike by us ppis-oners that began yesterday.//
//slightlys citizens are in -exican jails, most of them charged with drug use or trafficking. the prisoners called the hunger strike to protest what they felteluctance on the part of both countries to negotiate an exchange agreement and to protest prison conditions amdby mexican prison authorities and police.//
he proposed legislation, which was sent to the mexican congress on monday, would give the president the power to sign treaties with other nations toransfer of sanctions under which prisoner exchanges could be carried out. although the legislation is certain to be passedhethe mexicans are no doubt aware that major changes ih us lawuld be required beforejhe mexican initiative could
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be accepted.// (corn)
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