Mexican Court and Foreign Minister Order Cavallo Extradited to Spain for Argentine Atrocities

On January 12, 2001, Jesús Guadalupe Lupa, a federal judge in Mexico City, ordered Ricardo Miguel Cavallo, 49 years of age and an Argentine national, extraditable to Spain to face charges of human rights abuses against Spaniards under Argentina’s military dictatorship two decades ago. The decision has significance for the ability, including through criminal prosecutions, to enforce violations of fundamental human rights. On February 2, 2001, Mexico’s foreign minister, Jorge G. Castañeda, ordered him extradited….[more]