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...hiding from the Colombian police and army, who until recently would have turned him over to the U.S. The closest he has come to that fate was in 1984 when he and Medellin drug lord Jorge Luis Ochoa Vasquez, who has since turned himself in, were captured in Spain. Both Colombia and the U.S. asked for their extradition. In 1986 the Spanish court, known as Audiencia Nacional, sent both men to Colombia to stand trial, stipulating that they should not be placed in double jeopardy by having to face the same charges in the U.S. Rodriguez was acquitted of drug...
...That is exactly what I'm saying. The idea that I am a narco trafficker stemmed from DEA reports from the time I was a partner and president of the board of directors of a Panamanian bank ((First Interamericas Bank)). In 1984 the U.S. requested my extradition from Spain. Instead I was extradited to Colombia, where I was tried on the basis of a file submitted by the American government, with evidence it presented, and with witnesses brought from the U.S. to testify against me. I was acquitted first by a judge and then by the superior court of Cali...
...manage to get yourself extradited from Spain to Colombia instead...
...Last year I had taken off fall semester to go to Spain," Henikoff says. "It was difficult to fit in time for training, so it took me all of last season to get back in shape. This season, working nine months straight helped my game...
...king had very adroitly approached the moderates of his country, without antagonizing the outlawed Communists. As a result of his successful diplomacy, Juan Carlos was able to sign a constitution in 1978, and the first free elections in over 40 years were held in Spain...