The president of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, has signed around 30 extraditions during his first 16 days in office, according to his legal secretary, Andrés Barreto.
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The measures correspond to people wanted by foreign authorities for investigations related to various crimes.
The announcement was made by the president himself through a video posted on social media, in which he appeared accompanied by Barreto. The official specified that these are “more or less 30” extradition resolutions, although he did not provide details about the identity of the people involved or the countries that requested their transfers.
“We will continue signing more extraditions,” said De la Espriella.
The President added that during his administration, international cooperation mechanisms will be used to confront criminal organizations operating inside and outside Colombia.
“The times when international cooperation mechanisms were kept in a drawer are over,” he said, before stating that his government will go “all out against organized crime and transnational crime.”
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Among the publicly known resolutions are five extraditions authorized by De la Espriella last August 12, according to the Colombian newspaper El Espectador.
The documents established the transfer of people wanted by judicial authorities from Peru, the United States, the Dominican Republic, and Panama.
One of the cases corresponds to Diego Alberto Londoño, whose extradition was authorized to Peru. The transfer to the United States of Armando Luis Suárez Calvo and Didier Ignacio García Rodríguez was also resolved.
They were joined by Jorge Luis Mojica Ortiz, wanted by the Justice of the Dominican Republic, and Roderick Aldair Morales Delgado, whose transfer was requested by Panama.
