What do you mean Colombias extradition treaty with the US was never legal?

[Judi Lynn]

What do you mean Colombia’s extradition treaty with the US was never legal?

written by Adriaan Alsema December 22, 2016

According to both Colombia’s government and opposition, the country has been extraditing its citizens to the United States under a treaty that was rejected by the constitutional court in 1980 already.

This would mean that more than 1,000 extradited alleged drug traffickers could sue the state for violating their constitutional rights.

Extradition may be granted or offered in accordance with public treaties and, if absent, the law.

Article 35 of Colombia’s Constitution

The opposition, led by former President Alvaro Uribe, surprisingly brought up the invalidity of the extradition treaty in an attempt to block the extradition from the US to Colombia of former Agriculture Minister Andres Felipe Arias.

The former minister fled Colombia before he was sentenced to 17 years in prison over the embezzlement of tens of millions of dollars in government subsidies meant for poor farmers.

He was arrested by US marshals in Miami earlier this year after Colombia had asked for his extradition.

In a written statement sent to the Miami judge ruling over Arias’ fate, Uribe said “Colombia does not recognize the treaty as valid or in effect because it was not properly ratified.”

More:
http://colombiareports.com/mean-colombias-extradition-treaty-us-never-legal/


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Uribe, right, wants his larcenous lapdog, Arias, back.



Uribe, and Arias, chillin' in murky, greenish brown Colombian water.

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