
Türkiye, Saudi Arabia Discuss Bilateral Relations Victims include 9 from same family, says report.ġ1 Killed In Northern Kenya Bandit AttackĨ police officers, chief, 2 villagers among victims. ġ4 Killed By Armed Insurgents In Burkina Faso: Report In the meantime, Interpol Colombia is waiting for its counterpart in Venezuela to begin the formal process. Although there is an Interpol Red Notice against Merlano, in the absence of official diplomatic communications, extradition will be complicated. She was serving a 15-year prison sentence in Colombia for electoral fraud and corruption.Īs long as there is no official confirmation from the Venezuelan government, the formal request for extradition cannot be issued.

1, 2019, when she jumped with a rope from the second floor of a building where she was attending a dental appointment and disappeared on a motorcycle driven by a man who was waiting for her. "After arduous investigations carried out by our FAES officials, former Senator Aida Merlano was arrested in the El Milagro sector of the city of Maracaibo, state of #Zulia she entered Venezuelan territory illegally in the company of an undocumented Colombian citizen," he wrote. Late Monday, Jose Miguel Domínguez head of FAES, published a photo of a handcuffed Merlano on his personal Instagram account. The former congresswoman was captured in Maracaibo, Venezuela by the National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela (FAES). "As is well known, Colombia, along with several Latin American and other countries of the world, does not recognize and therefore does not have diplomatic relations with the dictatorial regime of Nicolas Maduro," read a statement from the agency.


21:27 News > Colombia To Extradite Aida Merlano With Juan GuaidoĬolombia To Extradite Aida Merlano With Juan Guaidoīreaking diplomatic ties between Colombia, Venezuela complicates extradition process of former congresswoman.Īlthough the Colombian Ministry of Justice has not yet received official confirmation of former congresswoman Aida Merlano's recapture from Venezuelan authorities, it confirmed it will handle extradition proceedings with Juan Guaido.
