Monday, May 16, 2005
Posada update II
So far no response from the US on the request for the Cuban terrorist Posada to be extradited to Venezuela. Nor have they moved to arrest him so he gets to continue with his leisurely life.
In contrast to the disgraceful conduct of the US government Venezuela today showed how terrorists should be dealt with. From today’s Panorama:
Translation:
So Mr. Bush, here you have a clear example of how extradition request should be dealt with. Its not that hard. If Venezuela can do it you can too. Show the world your not just a cheap hypocrite.
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In contrast to the disgraceful conduct of the US government Venezuela today showed how terrorists should be dealt with. From today’s Panorama:
Venezuela entrega a jefe de las FARC 'Chigüiro' pedido en extradición
AFP
Venezuela entregará este lunes al jefe de las FARC Martín Vega, alias 'Chigüiro', capturado en ese país cuando participaba en un secuestro y pedido en extradición por el gobierno de Alvaro Uribe, que lo investiga por el asesinato de dos estadounidenses, informó la policía.
El coronel Jaime Gutiérrez, subdirector de la Policía Judicial (Dijín), dijo a la AFP que el líder rebelde llegará la tarde de este lunes a Bogotá escoltado por agentes colombianos que se desplazaron hasta Caracas para recibirlo.
Vega fue capturado el 18 de febrero pasado en Venezuela por participar en el secuestro de la madre del beisbolista de las Grandes Ligas Ugueth Urbina.
'Chigüiro', a quien Bogotá señala como uno de los jefes del frente 16 de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), también es acusado del secuestro y asesinato en junio de 1995 de los misioneros estadounidenses Sthephen Everet y Thimoty Dike.
Además, se le acusa de coordinar el tráfico de drogas en una región del departamento colombiano de Vichada, fronterizo con Venezuela.
Al momento de la liberación de la madre del lanzador de los Tigres de Detroit de Grandes Ligas, las autoridades venezolanas hallaron en poder del insurgente unos 600 kilos de cocaína en una posada abandonada en el Estado minero de Bolívar (550 km al sureste de Caracas).
Translation:
Venezuela will hand over this Monday a leader of the FARC, Martin Vega, aka Chiguir, who was captured there when he participated in a kidnapping and when Colombia requested his extradition for killing to U.S. citizens.
Coronel Jaime Gutierrez, subdirector of the Judicial Police, said to AFP that the rebel leader will arrive this afternoon in Bogata escorted by Colombian agents that went to Caracas to retrieve him.
Vega was captured last February 18th in Venezuela when he participated in the kidnapping of the mother of baseball player Ugueth Urbina.
Chiguiro, which Bogota says is one of the leader of the 16th Group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and is also accused of kidnapping and murder in the June 1995 deaths of the US missionarys Stephen Everet and Timothy Dike.
Additionally, he is accused of coordinating drug trafficking in a the Colombian department Vichada, in the frontier with Venezeula.
At the moment of the liberation of the pitcher of the Detroit Tigers the Venezuelan authorities found in his possession 600 kilos of cocaine in an abandoned motel 550 kilometers southeast of Caracas.
So Mr. Bush, here you have a clear example of how extradition request should be dealt with. Its not that hard. If Venezuela can do it you can too. Show the world your not just a cheap hypocrite.
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