Judge signs extradition order for former "Survivor" producer Bruce Beresford-Redman

(CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge has issued a 20-page extradition order to send former reality show producer Bruce Beresford-Redman back to Mexico to stand trial on a charge that he killed his wife at an upscale Cancun resort 15 months ago, according to a report.

Pictures: Bruce and Monica Beresford-Redman

The formal order will now be forwarded on to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her signature, reports local Los Angeles station KTLA.

Beresford-Redman's attorney says he will appeal the extradition order to a higher court, which could keep the former "Survivor" producer in the United States for another year, reports the station.

Beresford-Redman has been jailed since November, when U.S. authorities arrested him on a fugitive warrant based on the homicide charge filed in Mexico. 

His wife Monica Beresford-Redman was found in a sewer cistern at the resort where she and her family were staying. The couple went on the trip to try to repair their marriage, after Bruce Beresford-Redman had an affair with a co-worker. He's charged with aggravated homicide in Mexico for the murder of his wife.

U.S. prosecutors say there is overwhelming evidence against the producer that justifies his being sent to Mexico. In court filings, they cite a resort worker's recollection that he saw someone matching Bruce Beresford-Redman's description attempting to strike a woman during an argument at the hotel. They also point to a noise complaint from tourists in another room that cited screams coming from the Beresford-Redmans' hotel room that appeared to be a woman in distress.

If convicted in Mexico, the Emmy-nominated producer and co-creator of "Pimp My Ride" could be sentenced to between 12 and 30 years in prison.

Complete coverage of Monica Beresford-Redman on Crimesider.