U.S. judge OKs Noriega extradition to France
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A federal judge in Miami today approved the extradition of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France, where he faces a 10-year sentence on a conviction in absentia on money-laundering charges.
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The former Panamanian dictator's term ended Sunday. He faces extradition to France or being sent back to Panama.
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France had "taken note" of a U.S. court ruling in the case of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega but an official on Sunday declined comment on his possible extradition to Paris after his U.S. prison term ends.
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A French judge investigating the disappearance of four French citizens during the 1973-90 dictatorship of Chile's Gen. Augusto Pinochet ordered 17 former regime officials to stand trial in Paris, judicial officials said Wednesday.
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Panama's former dictator, Manuel Noriega, can be extradited to France for a money laundering trial after he completes a lengthy jail sentence in Miami next month, a US judge ruled yesterday.
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Chile's Supreme Court on Friday ruled that former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori must be extradited to face human rights and corruption charges in Peru.
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Panama's ex-President Manuel Noriega remains in jail in the US pending a fresh appeal against extradition to France.
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Jean-Louis Bruguiere, the powerful anti-terrorism judge, has rounded up hundreds of suspected militants in France over 20 years and more recently earned a global reputation as having a key role in the fight against Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida organization.
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French Premier Jean-Pierre Raffarin signed an order Saturday to extradite a leftist Italian fugitive who has been convicted of murder, an official statement said.
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A commander of Colombia's largest rebel army was handed over to U.S. authorities at a Bogota airport for extradition to the United States Friday on cocaine smuggling and kidnapping charges.
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A Mexican judge has ordered the release of a former state governor wanted in the United States on drug trafficking charges, ruling that a money laundering sentence has been satisfied by time already served.
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The United States has agreed to hand over to France the last three French detainees at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, judicial officials said Tuesday.
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A French court rules a deportation order against a radical Muslim preacher is lawful and he may be expelled again.
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The most important commander of Colombia's largest rebel army ever captured was handed to U.S. authorities at a Bogota airport to be extradited to the United States Friday to face cocaine smuggling and kidnapping charges.
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His extradition sets a legal precedent that could be applied to Bolivia's ex-leader, now living in the US.
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe late Monday authorized the extradition to the United States of drug kingpin Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, the president's spokesman said.
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PARIS -- Parliament yesterday approved a constitutional amendment that introduces a US-style impeachment procedure to check the powers of France's presidency.