The Cape Verdean Barlavento Court of Appeal has just given free rein to the extradition of barranquillero Alex Saab Moran to the United States, which requires it for a mega-operation of money laundering.
This was reported by the defense of Nicolás Maduro’s well-known ringleader – in an e-mail sent in time – who already announced that he will appeal the decision to the Supreme Court of Justice.
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“This decision poses a direct challenge to the ECOWAS Court’s order, dated and December 2020, to suspend the extradition proceedings against Special Envoy Alex Saab until the scheduled main hearing. for February 4 in Abuja, “the statement said.
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And he adds: “The decision of the Court of Appeal is not surprising and only continues to be a deplorable series of decisions in which the Cape Verdean courts have refused to systematically address the arguments presented by the defense of the special envoy. , violating the law and the Constitution “.
Nicolás Maduro tried to give Saab immunity by appointing a plenipotentiary ambassador.
They are already announcing that the defense will appeal to the Supreme Court of Justice, and will challenge “in the strongest possible way the injustice of today’s decision.”
It is also our intention to point out what constitutes serious contempt on the part of the Cape Verdean Regional Court of Appeal to the Honorable Regional Court of ECOWAS. “
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Sources in Cape Verde told EL TEMPS that the case is now going to the Supreme Court (which had already had it in its hands) to review the requested adjustments and proceed to rule on the merits: “This can happen in the next 15 days “.
This is the office with which Chancellor Jorge Arreaza is calling for Saab to assume immediate functions in Ethiopia.
Once that happens, if the Supreme Court decision is ratified, Saab will head to Miami, even though Venezuela tried to give him immunity by appointing a plenipotentiary ambassador to Africa.
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For the United States, it is clear that Saab is the key to reaching agreements between the Maduro regime with Iran, Turkey and Russia that could jeopardize the security of this side of the hemisphere.
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