Panama refuses to extradite CIA’s Lady to Italy
by alethoPress TV - July 20, 2013
Panama
has refused to extradite the former CIA chief of Milan station to Italy
where he has been sentenced to nine years in prison for the 2003
abduction of an Egyptian Muslim cleric on suspicion of terrorist
activities.
Italian justice ministry’s press office on Thursday
announced that Robert Seldon Lady, also known as "Mister Bob," has been
arrested in Panama. However, it is not clear when and where he has been
arrested.
On Friday,
the US State Department confirmed Lady was on his way back to the
United States. Italy had asked Panama to hold Lady while an extradition
request was being made.
Panama
foreign ministry sources have said the documents submitted by Italy for
the extradition were "insufficient," according to Italian media.
Italy's Justice Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri said Friday that she was "deeply disappointed" by Panama’s decision not to return Lady to Italy.
The
former Milan CIA station chief was sentenced to nine years in jail for
the abduction of Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, also known as Abu Omar.
Twenty-two other Americans involved in the kidnapping were each
sentenced to five years in prison.
The
court ordered each of the 23 convicts, none of whom appeared for the
trial, to pay one million euros (about $1.3 million) to Abu Omar, plus
500,000 euros to his wife.
The
Muslim cleric was transferred to US military bases in Italy and later
in Germany before being flown to Egypt. He was later set free in Egypt.
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