No capture order for fugitive former Colombia intelligence director: Panamanian President
No capture order for fugitive former Colombia intelligence director: Panamanian President
Aug 8, 2014 posted by Steven Cohen
Local officials have yet to receive any formal capture request from Interpol for longtive fugitive and former Colombian intelligence director Maria del Pilar Hurtado, the president of Panama said Friday.
Just this past Thursday, Colombian authorities reportedly submitted the most recent in a series of capture requests for Hurtado, who fled to Panama in 2010 amid ongoing criminal investigations. Interpol, however, has yet to issue any formal order that Hurtado be taken into custody, according to Panamian President Juan Carlos Varela.
“There has never been a capture order on the level of Interpol,” said Varela, speaking with Colombia’s Caracol Radio. “What there has been is a extradition request on behalf of the Colombian government that has been reiterated and will have to be attended to by the Panamian Foreign Ministry.”
Panama, he said, is not interested in negotiating a proposed intelligence sharing agreement with the Colombian government but will employ all regular efforts to apprehend the fugitive, wanted in Colombia in relation to her alleged role in illegal domestic espionage.
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