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07-17-2009, 04:40 PM
District prosecutor Alejandro Moscoso Segarra says that state prosecutors could provisionally retain assets belonging to Ernesto Bienvenido Guevara Diaz (Maconi), who was extradited to the US on drug trafficking charges. On Wednesday, 15 July, El Dia reported that the Supreme Court of Justice had omitted including an asset confiscation order in the extradition sentence issued against Guevara Diaz. Moscoso Segarra said he believes the omission was due to an involuntary error. He remarked that the law against money laundering says that assets obtained through drug trafficking can be confiscated no matter where they are located and that the general prosecutors could confiscate the goods and make the request to an instruction judge.
El Dia reports that while the sentence issued by the Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice included a request from US government and state prosecutors to confiscate the goods, no reference is made to Maconi's property in the extradition order.
Chief Justice Jorge Subero Isa said that in cases of extradition for drug trafficking, it is usual to order the preventive confiscation of the properties until a definite sentence is forthcoming.
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El Dia reports that while the sentence issued by the Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice included a request from US government and state prosecutors to confiscate the goods, no reference is made to Maconi's property in the extradition order.
Chief Justice Jorge Subero Isa said that in cases of extradition for drug trafficking, it is usual to order the preventive confiscation of the properties until a definite sentence is forthcoming.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)