Colombia bungles extradition of inconveniently cooperative paramilitary leader: report
by Adriaan Alsema August 12, 2020
US authorities plan to send former paramilitary chief Salvatore Mancuso to Italy after Colombia’s government apparently dropped an extradition request, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
The demobilized AUC chief, who has double nationality, was supposed to be extradited to Colombia after his release from prison on March 27, but sources close to Mancuso told the American news agency that the Department of Homeland Security ordered his removal to Italy on April 16.
Extradition request surprisingly revoked
According to AP, Colombia’s Foreign Ministry surprisingly revoked a pending extradition request last month while concerns over the former AUC leader’s physical and judicial security in Colombia grew.
This surprise move reportedly allowed Mancuso’s attorney in the US, Joaquin Perez, to outmaneuver prosecutors seeking the extradition of the former AUC chief to Colombia.
“You have to be really naive to believe that an involuntary bureaucratic mistake is what is blocking the return of the person who knows the most about the history of the paramilitaries,” AP quoted opposition Senator Ivan Cepeda as saying.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombia-bungles-extradition-of-inconveniently-cooperative-paramilitary-leader-report/
This man worked hand in hand with the hard right, fascist, US right-wing supported bloody death-squad manipulator, Álvaro Uribe.
Uribe WANTS him out of the country where he will NOT be questioned by any part of the legal system trying to bring Uribe to justice for his own atrocities.
Aw, shucks.
Uribe receives the US's highest civilian honor from George W.
Bush, the Medal of Freedom.
