At noon on Friday, the Minister of Justice, Wilson Ruiz Orejuela, confirmed that the extradition to the United States of the lawyer Maria Claudia Fernanda Lorza Ramírez was approved.
“According to research, (Lorza) offered to include alleged drug traffickers, detained in Colombia, in the lists of ex-members of the FARC to evade their extradition“Ruiz said.
According to the minister, the lawyer had provided fraudulent documentation “to make at least six drug traffickers appear in the FARC demobilized records“.
The Supreme Court of Justice upheld on December 1, 2020, the extradition of the lawyer, who is requested by a Texas Court in the US. UU. For four charges.
The Court only approved his extradition for obstruction of justice.
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The file says that the lawyer, since 2016, met with other people to prevent extradition requests from being sent to that country and mentions defendants such as Juan Carlos Melo Guerrero, alias Aurelio; Ramiro Figueroa Legarda, alias Rocco; Gerardo Enrique Obando Montaño alias Cheko, and Tomas Martínez Minota, alias Pataso.
He offered to include alleged drug traffickers, detained in Colombia, in the lists of ex-members of the FARC to evade their extradition
According to some witnesses, the lawyer asked the potential beneficiaries for up to $ 500,000 to put them on the lists. Many handed out millions of sums and the woman did not comply.
On the other hand, Minister Ruiz pointed out that the extradition of Ciril Góngora Cuir was also approved, who, according to the authorities, was in charge of “recruit semi-submersible crews and speedboats used to carry cocaine to Central and North America along Pacific routes“.
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Similarly, he said Góngora was in contact with drug traffickers from other countries for the shipment of cocaine.
Ruiz assured that during December 2020, 17 extradition executive resolutions were issued, 13 of them for drug trafficking.
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