Venezuela Insists on
Extradition of Putschist
CARACAS - Venezuelan Attorney General Luisa
Ortega ratified yesterday the demand made by
her country to Colombia to extradite Pedro
Francisco Carmona Estanga, self proclaimed
president during the failed coup of 2002.
In the radio program En Sintonia con el
Ministerio Publico, Ortega explained that
this institution has received no reply from
Colombia on the extradition of Carmona
requested in the wake of events of April
2002.
Since 2008 Venezuela has requested the
extradition of the de facto president when
President Hugo Chavez was overthrown for a
few hours and returned to power by the
population and the military who respected
the Constitution.
Ortega recalled that after this brief
usurpation of power, Carmona abolished the
Constitution of the Republic and dissolved
public powers.
Asked about his alleged political asylum,
the Attorney General pointed out that this
institution has not been formally notified
that Carmona,the former president of the
Venezuelan Federation of Chambers of
Commerce, has been granted that condition.
She also stated that authorities have been
demanding from the United States the
extraditions of Luis Posada Carriles,
responsible of blowing up a Cubana passenger
plane in 1976, as well as of former
president Carlos Andres Perez for crimes
known as El Caracazo and of Eligio Cedeno
for fiscal irregularities.
She recalled that Venezuela has paid
attention to requests of citizens by other
countries through extradition and the red
alert of the International Police
(INTERPOL).
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