Venezuela The Constitutional Court of Cape Verde authorizes the extradition of the alleged figurehead of Maduro
Nicolás Maduro's
regime
has announced that it will include Colombian businessman
Alex Saab,
accused of being the front man of the socialist leader, as another of his representatives at the negotiating table with the opposition in
Mexico,
a pressure measure that seems unlikely, since Saab is being held in
Cape Verde
and could soon be deported to the
United States
to face money laundering charges.
"The delegation of the government of the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
before the dialogue and negotiation table that takes place with sectors of the Venezuelan opposition in the capital of the
United Mexican States
wants to inform the decision to incorporate the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab as a full member of this delegation, "said
Jorge Rodríguez,
head of Maduro's representatives in the negotiation
, at a press conference
.
Rodríguez also said that Saab will be part of the social table that it was agreed to create in the dialogue in
Mexico City
to manage vaccines against the coronavirus, medical supplies and humanitarian aid, including food for
Venezuela.
"Alex Saab has been
kidnapped
in a prison abroad for
more than 400 days
(...) Violating human rights, the rights to due process," added the president of the
Chavista
National Assembly
.
The incorporation of Saab to the negotiation in Mexico seems unlikely, since he has been detained in
Cape Verde
since June 2020 and last week the Constitutional Court of that country ruled that he can be extradited to the United States.
The businessman is accused by a Florida federal court of money laundering and bribery of Venezuelan officials.
His attorneys have denied the charges.
In a 194-page decision ending months of court fights, the three court judges collapse all arguments in Saab's defense, including that his arrest was illegal because
Interpol's
red alert
for his arrest was issued after having been apprehended by the authorities of the island nation.
The Colombian's lawyers have repeatedly said that his arrest is politically motivated, due to pressure from the United States government, because he is a "diplomat" from the Maduro regime.
Already on August 13, the
Constitutional Court of Cape Verde
had decided the extradition of the businessman, however, the defense presented a final appeal.
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