The Supreme Court of Justice authorize the request for extradition to the United States of the Colombian Jorge Parra Durán for the crime of abandonment of a fatal accident scene, charged by the Fifteenth County Judicial Circuit of Palm Beach.
Vine Durán, that drove a vehicle to Florida (United States), Is reported to collide with a motorcyclist who lost his life.
Subsequently, says the Parra case, he fled the scene without paying attention to the victim. The accident happened because the Colombian turned to the left ignoring the direction in which the motorcycle was going.
The facts were recorded on April 9, 2006.
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On the same day, the Office of the Sheriff of the County was notified of the event. The crash happened at the intersection of Haverhill Road and Summit Pines Boulevard.
Authorities found the car involved, Geo Prizm, model 94. The car was missing the front bumper and had bumps next to the driver. He also had the engine hot, the record says.
He also points out that the police interviewed the eyewitness in fact, Who assured them that he saw the driver escape after the accident. The motorcycle the victim was riding belonged to this witness.
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The extradition request states that the car Parra was driving was registered with his parents’ name. The day after the accident, county police contacted him by phone; however, the defendant stated that he was afraid to go to jail and would send his lawyer to represent him in the case.
So he did. The Colombian’s lawyer organized a meeting between his client and the police. The meeting was scheduled for April 25, 2006, but the defendant did not appear. Dies later, the authorities learned that on April 23 of the same year Parra Duran had left the United States on a flight to Colombia.
West Palm Beach police identified him in August 2007 on his Facebook page as the fugitive. This publication described his appearance and date of birth.
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The 35-year-old Colombian citizen was captured in Cali on February 12, 2020, according to the red Interpol notification. On February 19, he was notified of his capture for extradition purposes.
After a year, the Supreme Court of Justice, with a report by Magistrate Diego Eugenio Corredor Beltrán, upheld the extradition request.
The citizen gave up the practice of testing in the process and took advantage of the simplified procedure which accelerated the process for sending it to the United States.
Now all that remains is the president Ivan Duc firm extradition so that its delivery to U.S. authorities can be made effective.
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