A COMMERCIAL FIXED WING PAX ACFT WAS DISPATCHED WITH THE CREW IN NON COMPLIANCE BY NOT HAVING THE REQUIRED 8 HRS REST.

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MAR/XA/99. WE ARRIVED IN LAREDO AT ZA50 AND BLOCKED IN AT ZA54. WE WERE LATE ARRIVING AND OUR REST WAS REDUCED TO 8 HRS. WE DETERMINED THAT OUR DEP TIME THE NEXT DAY TO BE YB09. (COMPANY RULES: REST BEGINS 15 MINS AFTER BLOCK-IN.) WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE ARPT ON MAR/XB/99 AT APPROX YZ35; THE STATION PERSONNEL TOLD ME WE HAD SEVERAL PAX WITH VERY TIGHT CONNECTIONS IN DALLAS; SOME INTL CONNECTIONS AS WELL. I HAD PLANNED ON DEPARTING AT YB09 AND TOLD THE STATION PERSONNEL THAT WE WOULD CALL WHEN WE COULD BOARD. MY CREW COMPLETED THEIR PREFLT DUTIES AS WELL AS MYSELF AND WE WERE READY TO BOARD. BOARDING WAS COMPLETE AND THE ACFT WAS BLOCKED OUT AT YB56. WE DEPARTED AT YC04; 5 MINS PRIOR TO YC09. I DISCOVERED THE MISTAKE WHEN I RETURNED TO ZZZ. WHEN I DISCOVERED THAT CREW SCHEDULING HAD TAKEN ME OFF MY NEXT TRIP; THEY (CREW SCHEDULING) MADE MY SEQUENCE A CONTINUOUS DUTY OVERNIGHT; WHICH ALLOWS 14 HRS ON DUTY. I WAS THEN RELEASED TO REST. I HAVE CONCLUDED THAT I ALLOWED THE STATION PERSONNEL TO PRESSURIZE ME IN LEAVING 'AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE' AND I FAILED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON OUR TIME.