2024-07-22 20:33:09
Maickel Villegas Rodríguez was captured by Costa Rican police near the Panama border on July 12.
The Court of Appeals of Santiago accepted the request for extradition to Costa Rica of Maickel Villegas Rodríguez, charged in absentia for the kidnapping and murder of Ronald Ojeda, in an incident that occurred on February 21, in the commune of Independencia.
The Twelfth Chamber of the appellate court considered that The formal requirements for granting the request are met, as well as the substantive ones; in particular, the well-founded presumptions of Villegas Rodríguez’s participation in the crime of Ronald Ojedawhich is why his extradition is appropriate.
“In order to comply with the resolution, the judgment provides for the corresponding letters to be sent for the performance of the necessary diplomatic procedures aimed at that objective, ordering the attachment of the annexes that detail the background of the investigation, the transcript of the hearings held and the decisions made therein, the legal provisions applicable to the case, with a certificate of their validity, and requires the Foreign Minister to, in accordance with the provisions of article 434 of the Criminal Procedure Code, request the corresponding authorities of the Republic of Costa Rica to adopt the necessary measures to prevent the escape of the accused,” the ruling states.
Maikel Villegas Rodriguez He was captured by Costa Rican police near the Panama border. last July 12th.
“The preliminary information we have is that following the Interpol red alert, a person carrying the identification document of Maickel Villegas Rodríguez has been arrested by the Costa Rican police, One of the people who is linked to the kidnapping and murder of Lieutenant Ojeda”declared Manuel Monsalve upon learning of his arrest in Central America.