PM confident Mexico won't try to extradite Canadian women
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is confident Mexico will not seek to extradite two Thunder Bay women whom Mexican authorities have said are linked to the murders of a Toronto couple at a Cancun-area resort.
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"We're told once again, and we've been saying this for some time, there is no extradition demand pending nor is there one anticipated in the near future," the prime minister said.
Harper made the comments Friday during the closing news conference at a summit with U.S. President George W. Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox in Cancun.
Mexican authorities have said Kimberley Kim and Cheryl Everall are suspects in the Feb. 20 slayings of Dominic and Nancy Ianiero.
The Woodbridge, Ont., couple were found with their throats slashed at a Mayan Riviera resort. They had been there to attend their daughter's wedding.
Kim and Everall, who deny any involvement in the killings, had been guests at the same resort when the Ianieros were killed.
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When asked during the news conference whether the pair remain suspects in the eyes of Mexican authorities, Fox said he can't make any comment because the investigation is continuing.
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Harper thanked the Mexican government and police for their "full co-operation" with Canadian officials and RCMP investigators working on the case in Mexico.
"We are working together and we are fully apprised of the situation," he said.
The women had appealed to Harper to raise the issue with Fox during the summit.
On Thursday, they held a news conference to denounce Mexico's handling of the investigation, which they likened to a "runaway train."