In many ways, Mexican legislators turn out to be amateurs at governance whose primary goal is to lobby for another government job.

The incident prompted Mexican legislators to draft legislation "that would increase fines and jail time for vandalism and looting of monuments and archaeological sites."

Others say expectations were overblown last summer when Mexican legislators gave in to political pressure from migrants, who send home $16 billion a year.

Pemex's contracts have attracted few bidders because several Mexican legislators have challenged the legality of allowing foreign companies to drill for gas, raising the possibility that a court might overturn the deals.

Mexican legislators have said they will present reforms in the coming days that will stiffen penalties on convicted smugglers, including increasing jail terms of 6 to 12 years to 10 to 25 years.

What is clear is that some Mexican legislators view the decision as a slap on the wrist from the president, whom they see as incapable of brokering a deal with the United States.

On June 12, 2010 the television network Univision aired cellphone video footage of the incident, after which Mexican legislators called for the extradition of the officer accused of the shooting.

He said the Fox administration would help the commission, made up of Mexican legislators and federal prosecutors.

Mexican legislators lashed out at the United States this week.

Three Mexican federal legislators with the convoy obtained the release of the buses, so the Italians made it to the outskirts of Taniperla on Wednesday night.