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Cape Verde ruling is ‘constitutional suicide’

Cape Verde ruling is ‘constitutional suicide’

CAPE Verde has committed "constitutional suicide" by allowing the extradition of businessman and envoy Alex Saab to the United States on charges of laundering money for the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Saab's lawyers have said. Saab was on his way to Iran last year to negotiate shipments of fuel and humanitarian food supplies to Venezuela amid U.S. sanctions on the South American country when he was detained at a Cape Verde refuelling stop. The West African nation's highest court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that Saab, a Colombian national, should be extradited to the United States.…
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West African court orders release of Maduro envoy in Cape Verde

West African court orders release of Maduro envoy in Cape Verde

A West African court yesterday ordered Cape Verde to release Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman who is wanted by U.S. authorities on charges of laundering money on behalf of Venezuela's government. Saab, who is close to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, was detained in Cape Verde last June when his plane stopped there to refuel. He faces extradition to the United States, which accuses him of violating U.S. sanctions. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court in Nigeria's capital Abuja ruled that Saab's detention was illegal because an Interpol red notice requesting his arrest was only issued the day…
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