Australian 2d Instance Court Affirms Mexican Financier Cabal Peniche Is Extraditable

On August 29, 2000, Australian Federal Judge affirmed in a 125 page-long opinion the validity and legality of the decision of December 17, 1999, in which the Justice of Peace Court in Melbourne, Australia, over which Judge Lisa Hannan presided, granted the extradition to Mexico of Carlos Efrain de Jesus Cabal Peniche and his brother-in-law, Marco Pasini Bertran, on the bases of the extradition request and supporting evidence (e.g., arrest warrants) of the Mexican Government. In prosecution of their appeal from the December 17, 1999 decision, Cabal Peniche and Pasini Bertran participated in a one-week hearing in the Federal Court in Melbourne, during which the defense presented its case orally before the Federal Judge French, while the Australian prosecution presented its case on behalf of Mexico...[more]