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Extradition ordered<br>
Avelino Gonzalez Claudio will be tried in Connecticut where the incident
occurred <br>
By Daniel Rivera Vargas <br>
February 11, 2008 <i>El Nuevo Dia<br>
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</a>Magistrate Marco Lopez today ordered the extradition to Connecticut
of the presumed Machetero leader Avelino Gonzalez Claudio, in spite of
his desire to be tried in Puerto Rico.<br><br>
"As a political prisoner, Mr. Gonzalez Claudio invokes his rights
under international law to remain in his homeland," said attorney
Juan Ramon Acevedo, citing some of his client's written
statements.<br><br>
Ramon Acevedo asked for additional time for the bond hearing, given that
they will ask that <br>
Gonzalez Claudio remain free pending trial. <br><br>
Additionally, the attorney denounced the alleged inhumane treatment his
client is subjected to. He assured that he is held in solitary, in
isolation, and that they have denied him access to sunlight. Including,
he indicated they have not even allowed an adequate meeting with his
attorney.<br><br>
Outside Federal Court, various independentist organizations shouted
slogans in support of Gonzalez Claudio.<br><br>
He faces charges including bank robbery and others related to the theft
of a $7 million deposit of Wells Fargo in Hartford Connecticut in
September of 1982 [sic].<br><br>
The clandestine organization The Macheteros claimed responsibility for
this theft.<br><br>
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