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Navajo extradition pact sought

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2002

The Navajo Nation might develop an extradition agreement concerning the transfer of tribal members to federal authorities.

Tribal police and federal law enforcement will be meeting this week to discuss the issue. Navajo prosecutor Donovan Brown wants a process laid out so that tribal judges don't hand over detainees blindly.

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