Friday, February 22, 2008

Machetro to be Extradited to Connecticut

A member of the Puerto Rican nationalist organization, los Macheteros, arrested earlier this month on charges connected to a 1983 Wells Fargo armored truck heist, had his bail request denied and was ordered to be extradited to the New England state to face trial. Avelino Gonzalez Claudio's legal team were fighting the extradition order on the grounds that Avelino is a political prisoner, based on Puerto Rico's colonial status with the U.S.

Source : VivirLatino, personal email

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