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US / MX
Bilateral Authority Flow & Choke Points
HIGH FRICTION
Governance Continuity
88%
Constitutional Shield
94%
Extradition Viability
12%
Diplomatic Tension
CRITICAL
Legal & Sovereign Dossier
STATUTORY CITATIONS
Precedent Library
Art. 111 CPEUM (§5): Federal declaration of desafuero regarding state governors is declarative only; local congress holds sovereign final authority.
1978 Bilateral Treaty: Extradition barred when constitutional domestic impediments or ongoing municipal offices remain unlifted.
21 U.S.C. § 1901 (Kingpin Act): Unilateral blocking of assets; non-binding on sovereign domestic office entitlement.