Article: VIC: Fugitive wife wins first legal round in release bid


AAP General News (Australia)
01-05-1999
VIC: Fugitive wife wins first legal round in release bid

MELBOURNE, Jan 5 AAP - The wife of a fugitive Mexican banker today won the first round of a
legal battle to be released from immigration detention.

Teresa Pasini Cabal, 36, has been held at a Melbourne detention centre along with her
husband Carlos Cabal, wanted by Mexican authorities over an alleged US$700 million fraud.

Mexico has sought Cabal's extradition.

Last month Ms Cabal failed in a Federal Court bid to be released to spend Christmas with
four children.

But her lawyers today made a fresh Federal Court application, claiming the Immigration
Department had taken too long to ...

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