U.S. will not aid in kidnaping

Nº 64

AHSRE L-E-921 F. 045

St. Louis Republic, St. Louis, Missouri

22 de noviembre de 1906

U.S. will not aid in kidnaping

Government Officials Not Informed of Mexican's Arrest in St. Louis.

The Republic Bureau, Wyatt Building, 14th and F. Streets.

Washington, Nov. 21. Department of Justice officials have not been advised of the arrest of Aaron Lopez Manzano and Librado Rivera, members of the Mexican junta, and like ignorance of the men was expressed at the Mexican Embassy, Department of Justice officials declare very positively, however, that the United States will not be a party to the kidnaping of Mexicans and secret deliverance of them to Mexico.

Government experts on the immigration and extradition laws seen by the Republic correspondent to day say that it is quite possible such arrests have been made on complaint of the Mexican Consul. But such complaint would either have to show to the immigration officials good reason for believing that the men in question are undesirable alients or furnish evidence enough to the officials of the United States Court to indicate that the men are guilty of extraditable offenses.

In the former instance, the men would be arrested on warrants, sworn out by the local immigration officer, and there would then be an open hearing, at which counsel would be allowed. In the latter contingency, the Mexicans arrested could be detained for forty days, during which time satisfactory evidence in proper form of his offenses would be presented by the Mexican authorities. Favorable action of the State Department would be necessary before the extradition could be granted.