Argentina extradites Colombian on US charges of trafficking cocaine by submarine

[Judi Lynn]

Argentina extradites Colombian on US charges of trafficking cocaine by submarine
By The Associated Press July 3, 2013

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A Colombian suspected of using submarines to smuggle 8 tons of cocaine to the United States has been extradited from Argentina to the U.S. for trial.

Argentine federal police officers say they escorted Ignacio Alvarez Meyendorff on Wednesday to Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport for a flight to New York.

Police arrested him with help from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration when he arrived in Buenos Aires on a flight from Tahiti in 2011.

U.S. authorities say he is suspected of organizing the submarine trips for Colombia's Norte del Valle drug cartel.

Alvarez Meyendorff has said he is innocent.

He's known by the nicknames "Old Man" and "Big Brother."

http://www.canada.com/news/Argentina+extradites+Colombian+charges+trafficking+cocaine+submarine/8612872/story.html

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[SamKnause]

1. Extradite

I do not understand why any country would extradite any person to the U.S.

The former president and vice president wrote books and bragged on TV endorsing the use of 'enhanced interrogations' (code for torture) and stated they would do so again.

Forced feedings are being carried out under the Obama administration.

Our current president gives orders for drones to kill U.S. citizens without due process. This is a direct assault on U.S. citizen's constitutional rights. You can be killed based on assumptions, accusations, proximity, age, and gender.

The U.S. also has the death penalty.