Colombia Supreme Court Rules Law Reinstating Extradition Not Retroactive

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Sunday, November 1, 1998
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
14
Issue: 
11
473-474
Abstract: 
On October 1, 1998, the Supreme Court of Colombia ruled by a 5-4 vote that a law reinstating extradition cannot be applied retroactively. The law will be critical for a number of the Cali drug cartel leaders who are already serving time in jail in Colombia... [more]