US judges validates extradition treaty with Colombia
US judges validates extradition treaty with Colombia
written by Adriaan Alsema February 7, 2017
A US judge on Monday validated the country’s extradition treaty after it had been challenged by a fugitive former Colombian minister awaiting a 17-year prison sentence for corruption at home.
In a desperate attempt to evade justice at home, former Minister Andres Felipe Arias and his ally, former President Alvaro Uribe, had claimed that Colombia’s 1979 extradition treaty with the US had been declared unconstitutional by the Colombian constitutional court in 1986.
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Former Agriculture Minister Andres Felipe Arias was sentenced to 17 years in prison after the Supreme Court convicted him of embezzling approximately $25 million in funds meant for poor farmers.
The money was instead used to appease political and business elites that could support the former minister’s alleged presidential aspirations in the 2010 elections.
More:
http://colombiareports.com/us-judges-validates-extradition-treaty-colombia/
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Felipe Arias and his master, Alvaro Uribe.
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