At noon this Friday, Attorney General Wilson Ruiz Orejuela confirmed that the extradition to the United States of lawyer María Claudia Fernanda Lorza Ramírez had been approved.
According to the investigation, (Lorza) offered to include alleged drug traffickers detained in Colombia in the lists of former Farc members to evade their extraditionRuiz assured.
According to the minister, the lawyer has provided fraudulent documentation “to appear in the records of the demobilized Farc for at least six drug traffickers“.
The Supreme Court upheld the extradition of the attorney on December 1, 2020, which has been requested by a Texas court in the United States on four charges.
The Court approved his extradition only because of obstruction of justice.
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The file says the lawyer has been meeting with other people since 2016 to prevent extradition requests from being sent to that country and names defendants such as Juan Carlos Melo Guerrero, aka Aurelio; Ramiro Figueroa Legarda, aka Rocco; Gerardo Enrique Obando Montaño aka Cheko, and Tomas Martínez Minota, aka Pataso.
He offered to include alleged drug traffickers detained in Colombia on the lists of former Farc members in order to circumvent their extradition.
According to some witness statements, the attorney asked the potential beneficiaries for amounts of up to $ 500,000 for their listing. Many gave millionaire amounts and the woman did not.
On the other hand, Minister Ruiz pointed out that the extradition of Cirilo Góngora Cuero, who, according to authorities, was responsible for “was also approved.Recruit the crew of semi-submersibles and speedboats used to deliver cocaine to Central and North America via the Pacific routes“.
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Likewise, he said Góngora was in contact with drug smugglers from other countries for the shipment of cocaine.
Ruiz assured that 17 extradition resolutions of the executive branch were issued in December 2020, 13 of them for drug trafficking.
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The fact is, you don’t have to worry.
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