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| Spain releases former police officer wanted by Venezuelan authorities |
| 2010-11-05 |
| [El Universal] Mario Leonardo Rocco, a former Venezuelan police officer who is sought by the Venezuelan justice for an alleged murder committed during a coup attempt led by Hugo Chavez in 1992, was released by a Spanish court on Sunday. Judge Fernando Andreu, of the Spanish National Court, issued the release order and filed the extradition papers as the Venezuelan judicial authorities did not request Rocco's extradition within 40 days, as established in the treaty signed by the two countries, said Spanish newspaper El PaÃs. On Tuesday, Luisa Ortega DÃaz, the Venezuelan Attorney General, compared the extradition to Spain of the alleged ETA member Arturo Cubillas with the extradition of Mario Rocco to Venezuela. "Let's see if they are going to respond as swiftly as they talk," she said. |
| Posted by:Fred |