Venezuela President’s Envoy Appeals Extradition to U.S. in Court

Lawyers representing a businessman close to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have appealed a Cape Verde court’s ruling that he be extradited to the U.S. The appeal filed at the Supreme Court in the capital, Praia, stated that the arrest of Colombian businessman Alex Saab in the archipelago nation in June last year was illegal and the extradition process should be suspended, according to the document received from his lawyers Thursday. The “series of violations” in the decision to extradite him are against the West African country’s constitution, it said. By Katarina Hoije . Full Text ->Bloomberg

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