Ex-CEO gets new Colombia jail after US judge criticizes conditions
Ex-CEO gets new Colombia jail after US judge criticizes conditions
Posted by Reuters on Nov 24, 2015
A former technology chief executive facing extradition from Colombia to the United States to face securities fraud charges has been moved to a new detention facility after a US federal judge criticized his Bogota prison’s conditions as “intolerable.”
In a letter filed in federal court on Monday, US prosecutors said that Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, the former CEO of Kit Digital Inc, had been relocated on Saturday to a “highly-secure” facility in Bogota used to house other high-profile defendants.
The move came a day after US District Judge Paul Gardephe in Manhattan berated prosecutors for opposing Tuzman’s efforts to leave a Colombian prison, where his lawyers said he was facing constant violence putting him in fear of his life.
The US citizen’s lawyers had called Bogota’s La Picota prison “one of the most dangerous detention facilities in the world,” and urged Gardephe to dismiss an arrest warrant that served the basis for detaining Tuzman.
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http://colombiareports.com/ex-ceo-gets-new-colombia-jail-after-u-s-judge-criticizes-conditions/
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