Colombia to seek extradition of FARC member arrested in Venezuela

Colombian prosecutors will submit to the Venezuelan Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) the legal grounds that led them to request for a second time the extradition of Guillermo Torres, aka "Julian Conrado"

The so-called "singer-songwriter" of the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), Julián Conrado, was arrested in the southwestern state of Barinas (File photo)

EL UNIVERSAL

Wednesday February 01, 2012 03:33 PM

Officials from Colombia's Public Prosecution Office will travel on Wednesday to Caracas to present before the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) the legal grounds why the Colombian government requests the extradition of Guillermo Torres, aka Julián Conrado, the so-called "singer-songwriter" of the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), local media reported on Tuesday.

The website of Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported that Francisco Echeverri, the head of International Affairs of the Public Prosecution Office, and Hernando Castañeda, the head of the Human Rights Department, will attend the public hearing, DPA reported.

On January 19, the Colombian agency requested for a second time the extradition of Conrado, who has been arrested in Venezuela since June 2011. The first request was made three months after his arrest.

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