Peru Releases Carlos Wittgreen in Spite of Panama’s Extradition Request
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Date Published:
Sunday, November 1, 1992
Volume:
8
Issue:
11
Pages:
Pg. 448
Subject Areas:
Arrest
Corruption
Extradition
International Law
Murder
Geographic Identifier:
Panama
Peru
Abstract:
Peruvian authorities have released Carlos Wittgreen, a Panamanian business and Noriega collaborator, who is charged with murder in Panama. Interpol arrested Wittgreen on corruption charges in Lima on September 16, 1992. Through a resolution issued on September 23, 1992, the Second Superior Court ordered the preventive arrest of Wittgreen. Wittgreen was granted temporary release by the 18th Court Judge Barreto Herrera in Lima…[more]