:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/RE7W2SWKFBH3JD4ZXH2GWARFTQ.jpg "Salvatore Mancuso's immigration status is irregular, US government assured 1")
with the project of total peace of the government of Gustavo Petro The participation of some personalities of the armed groups has been promoted, among those who have been approved as peace manager, there is the ex-paramilitary, Salvatore Mancuso who reiterated his participation in the construction of peace on the basis of his experience and his attachment to the truth.
In this sense, it is important to remember that Mancuso is in a prison of UNITED STATESsince at the time he was extradited for crimes related to drug trafficking, so for him to be part of the process in Colombia must be deported by the authorities of the North American country. There Chancellery The Colombian made the respective request, but received a response that puts Mancuso’s participation in Total Peace on hold, since currently the exparamilitary He is waiting to receive a response from Joe Biden’s government because his immigration status is irregular.
The response from the United States came through a letter addressed to Martha Medina, director of immigration, consular affairs and citizens’ service of the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where they explained that everything is happening because the former -paramilitary would have made a request in 2020, where he asked to be allowed to remain in American territory or to be deported to Italy, arguing that in Colombia, at that time, he had no guarantee of safety and that its integrity could not be guaranteed.
“Since then, Mr. Mancuso has filed an appeal/request with the US authorities to be deported to Italy or to remain in the United States for personal considerations regarding his integrity and safety. To date, it is inferred that his case is awaiting a decision in the case or cases he presents. The official information is that Mr. Mancuso Gómez is an irregular person awaiting a decision from the immigration authority,” the document states.
After setting out the justifications for which the government of the UNITED STATES noted that the extradition order to Italy oh Colombia depend on Department of State and Department of Justice.
“Extradition requests, including the extensive documentation provided by the Colombian judicial authority, are studied in detail and in the time they deem necessary by the Department of State in close collaboration with the United Nations Department of Justice. United States,” reads the two-letter paged.
Let’s remember a week ago, the Court of Justice and Peace He announced that he will benefit from a four-year probation because of the alternative sentence granted when he availed himself of transitional justice, once the expulsion to Colombiasince the ex-narco has already spent two years after serving his sentence in the North American country.
In line with the Colombian government, he even asked a few months ago that his initial request be reconsidered. “Given the length of the administrative process and his lengthy civilian detention, the petitioner has requested (through communications with the government attorney in this case) that the government reconsider its position regarding his possible deportation to Italy,” he said in the document. which was published by the journalist Joshua Goodman.
Also, it is claimed that Mancuso, through his lawyers, said his request was based on the time required to complete the administrative immigration procedures. He assures that the time that has passed is not his fault, in addition to his period of detention immigration 28 months to be deported to Italy is unreasonable and unjustified “in fact and in law”.