The Colombian authorities have launched on Thursday the extradition operation to the United States of Alvaro Cordoba, brother of the senator of the Historical Pact Piedad Cordoba, who is accused by the U.S. Justice of drug trafficking crimes.
Álvaro Córdoba was captured at the beginning of February 2022 in the Colombian city of Medellín for his alleged responsibility in the shipment of large quantities of narcotics to the United States, according to RCN Radio.
The Colombian government had already signed Córdoba’s extradition request at the end of November after the defendant’s defense managed to delay the decision, which in September had been ratified by Colombian President Gustavo Petro.
According to the Colombian media, a US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plane will transport Córdoba, along with five other defendants accused of different crimes, to the United States.
Later, RCN Radio has advanced that, according to its sources, Álvaro Córdoba would not be willing to acknowledge the charges against him in US territory and would now be focused on, together with his lawyers, outlining the arguments to prove his innocence.
Among the accusations launched by the U.S. judicial authorities is his alleged link with ‘Gentil Duarte’, head of the dissidents of the extinct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to send cocaine to North America through the Pacific.
After his capture in Medellín, his sister, Senator Piedad Córdoba, denounced that it was a «persecution» against her and her family for her return to politics. «The evidence supporting this new judicial set-up must be shown,» she wrote on her social networks at the time.
However, she is being prosecuted by the U.S. justice system for several crimes, including criminal association, possession and trafficking of firearms and explosives. According to the investigation, Córdoba is allegedly part of a criminal organization with ramifications in countries such as Venezuela and Mexico.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
