The Supreme Court of Justice of Cape Verde authorized the extradition of the Colombian businessman on Wednesday Alex Saab, Alleged ringleader of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in the United States, who claims him for alleged money laundering.
(In context: What is the ECOWAS Court, a court that ruled against Saab’s extradition)
According to the verdict, the Supreme Court dismissed Saab’s defense appeal and upheld a lower court’s decision to approve the delivery of the employer, detained in the African country since last June 12 at the request of EE. UU.
“The judges of the Supreme Court agree to dismiss the appeal and confirm, for all legal purposes, the contested decision,” he said. the extradition decision he issued last year the Court of Appeals of Barlavento, based in the northern island of San Vicente, according to the sentence.
(Read here: African court rules against Saab’s extradition to US UU.)
The high court says it “confirms judicial authorization for the extradition of the applicant (Saab) to the United States.” The deliberation the Supreme Court also held that Cape Verde is not bound by the decisions of the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (Cedeao), who last Monday ruled against the extradition of the alleged ringleader and ordered his immediate release.
Therefore, according to the Cape Verdean high court, the ruling of the ECOWAS court will not be accepted by the judicial authorities of this island country in West Africa.
The position of the Public Prosecutor’s Office has not changed in relation to the extradition process of Mr. Àlex Saab
The government and an African court approved the delivery of the alleged ringleader, named by Venezuela “special envoy” and “Deputy Permanent Representative” to the African Union, but he appealed to the Supreme Court of Justice of
Cape Verde.
Nigerian lawyer Femi Falana, who led Saab’s defense before the ECOWAS court in Abuja, Nigeria, said on Monday that the court’s decision, which demanded the immediate release of the arrested, “cannot be ignored” by Cape Verde.
(Besides: Alex Saab says that if they extradite him, he will refuse to collaborate with EE. UU.)
Landim noted late last year that his country has no obligation to comply with African court orders, as it has not ratified the protocol granting jurisdiction to this body in human rights cases.
The court has jurisdiction to hear individual complaints about possible human rights violations since the adoption of its 2005 Protocol.
The prosecutor argues that Saab’s case must follow its legal procedures in
Cape Verde, with the prosecution awaiting the Justice’s decision on his extradition to the United States.
The ECOWAS Court has already ruled in late 2020 in favor of his house arrest presumed ironhead, That he requested alleging health problems in prison and that the Cape Verdean authorities – despite remarking that this court has no jurisdiction in this case – ended up reluctantly complying.
EFE
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