Extradition ordered
Avelino Gonzalez Claudio will be tried in Connecticut where the incident occurred
By Daniel Rivera Vargas
February 11, 2008 El Nuevo Dia
http://www.elnuevodia.com/diario/not...adicion/361339
Magistrate Marco Lopez today ordered the extradition to Connecticut of the presumed Machetero leader Avelino Gonzalez Claudio, in spite of his desire to be tried in Puerto Rico.
"As a political prisoner, Mr. Gonzalez Claudio invokes his rights under international law to remain in his homeland," said attorney Juan Ramon Acevedo, citing some of his client's written statements.
Ramon Acevedo asked for additional time for the bond hearing, given that they will ask that
Gonzalez Claudio remain free pending trial.
Additionally, the attorney denounced the alleged inhumane treatment his client is subjected to. He assured that he is held in solitary, in isolation, and that they have denied him access to sunlight. Including, he indicated they have not even allowed an adequate meeting with his attorney.
Outside Federal Court, various independentist organizations shouted slogans in support of Gonzalez Claudio.
He faces charges including bank robbery and others related to the theft of a $7 million deposit of Wells Fargo in Hartford Connecticut in September of 1982 [sic].
The clandestine organization The Macheteros claimed responsibility for this theft.
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