The Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela requested on Tuesday, May 11, the extradition of opposition leader Leopoldo López. López has been sentenced to 14 years in prison by the Venezuelan courts, in the framework of the demonstrations against the power of President Nicolás Maduro. At the moment the leader of the Venezuelan opposition has been a refugee in Spain for seven months.
According to the text of the official statement, “the Supreme Court (…) requests the Kingdom of Spain to extradite citizen Leopoldo Eduardo López Mendoza to serve the rest of the sentence to which he was sentenced, that is, 8 years, 6 months, 25 days and 12 hours, By OnVenezuela
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