All posts tagged "Extradition"

New York (AFP) - One of Colombia's most notorious drug lords pleaded not guilty to cocaine trafficking charges in a New York court Thursday following his extradition to the United States. Dairo Antonio Usuga, known as "Otoniel," did not ask for bail during the arraignment hearing in Brooklyn. The 50-year-old was the leader of Colombia's largest narco-trafficking gang, known as the Gulf Clan. The United States accuses Usuga and the Gulf Clan of illegally bringing at least 73 tons of cocaine into the country between 2003 and 2012. He was "one of the most dangerous, most wanted drug kingpins in t......

Bogota (AFP) - One of Colombia's most notorious drug lords was extradited Wednesday to the United States to face drug trafficking charges, announced President Ivan Duque. "I want to reveal that Dairo Antonio Usuga, alias 'Otoniel' has been extradited," Duque said on Twitter, calling him "the most dangerous drug trafficker in the world." Usuga, 50, was the most wanted person in Colombia until he was arrested last October in the northwest of the country after a massive military operation. Duque described Usuga as a "murderer of social leaders and police, an abuser of boys, girls and teenagers." ......

Tegucigalpa (AFP) - Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez, accused by Washington of ties with drug traffickers, vowed Tuesday to cooperate with domestic justice in a US bid to extradite him. Honduras's Supreme Court of Justice will meet Tuesday to assign a judge to weigh the US request even as Hernandez's lawyer claimed the politician enjoyed immunity from prosecution. In an audio message on Twitter, Hernandez said his team had already informed the police "that I am ready to collaborate and to come voluntarily... at the time the judge will decide." He would do so, said Hernandez, "to co......

Washington (AFP) - Colombian cocaine trafficking kingpin Dairo Antonio Usuga could have a lot of familiar company if he is extradited to the United States -- many of his Gulf Clan cartel, including family members, have already made that trip. Colombian officials announced Saturday the capture of Usuga, nicknamed "Otoniel," whose northern Colombia organization has shipped possibly more than a hundred tonnes of cocaine around the world in the past two decades. The United States, which first indicted Otoniel 11 years ago, has a $5 million reward on his head, and is expected to seek his extraditio......

Miami (AFP) - A fugitive businessman accused of acting as a money launderer for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's regime was extradited Saturday to the United States from Cape Verde, his legal team told AFP. Manuel Pinto Monteiro, a lawyer for Saab in Cape Verde, said "we were informed that Alex Saab was put on a US Justice Department plane and sent to that country." Pinto Monteiro insisted the extradition was illegal because, he said, the legal process surrounding it in Cape Verde had not run its full course. Saab and his business partner Alvaro Pulido are charged in the United States wit......