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Simón Trinidad, un trofeo vía extradición
Liliany Obando / Miércoles 8 de noviembre de 2017 “A los compañeros, nunca se los abandona". Fidel Castro A partir del caso de la extradición hacia los Estados Unidos del líder rebelde, integrante de las entonces Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – FARC – EP, Ricardo Ovidio Palmera Pineda, su ... -
Simon Trinidad, a trophy by way of extradition
“You never abandon your comrades”Fidel Castro by Liliany Obando Translated by: Marie France Arismendi - LACASA Colombia, October 28th, 2017 Based on the case of extradition to the United States of rebel leader Ricardo Ovidio Palmera Pineda- his birth name- also known as Simon Trinidad within the insurgent movement and ... -
Colombia rebel held in US makes jailhouse pledge for peace
BOGOTA, Colombia — One of the most prominent rebels from Colombia’s long conflict has joined his country’s reconciliation effort even though he is locked up in a maximum-security prison in Colorado with little immediate prospect of being able to return home, where thousands of other former combatants will earn pardons ... -
No Easing of US Vengeance Against Colombian Revolutionary Simon Trinidad
Unable to receive letters, packages, and emails, Simon Trinidad, citizen of Colombia, lives in a tiny, constantly illuminated, underground cell in a high-security prison in Colorado. -
Simon Trinidad
‘Simon Trinidad’ by Adriaan Alsema April 1, 2017 Juvenal Ovidio Ricardo Palmera, a.k.a. “Simon Trinidad,” was one the FARC‘s highest ranking members and the unofficial foreign minister of the guerrilla group. Trinidad was captured in Ecuador’s capital Quito in January 2004 and is now serving a 60-year-sentence in a maximum security prison in the ... -
The Fate of Prisoner Simón Trinidad, as Seen by His U. S. Lawyer
by W. T. WHITNEY Political reasons impelled Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to engineer the extradition of political prisoner Simón Trinidad to the United States on December 31, 2004. There, so it was thought, he would serve as an object lesson for other leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC ... -
Obama Won't Pardon Top FARC Rebel Leader Simon Trinidad
Obama Won't Pardon Top FARC Rebel Leader Simon Trinidad Simon Trinidad is serving a 60-year prison sentence in the United States. | Photo: AFP High-ranking rebel leader Simon Trinidad has spent 12 years in a Colorado "supermax" federal prison in complete isolation. U.S. President Barack Obama will not give ... -
Who is Simon Trinidad and why is he so important to Colombia's peace process?
Who is Simon Trinidad and why is he so important to Colombia's peace process? https://social.shorthand.com/telesurenglish/32PrODll3Mf/who-is-simon-trinidad PUBLISHED 7 APR 2016 Ricardo Palmera, aka Simon Trinidad, has spent 11 years in complete isolation in a U.S. "supermax" prison: a violation of the United Nations Convention against torture. Your opinion of Trinidad, one ... -
Simón Trinidad Could Bring Peace to Colombia — If He Can Get Out of America’s ...
Fifty years of bloody conflict in Colombia — thousands of deaths from firefights, sniper attacks, bombings, assassinations and mass executions — and it all comes down to this: a group of government negotiators and rebel leaders sitting around a big table, talking about land reform and crop subsidies and what ... -
Simon Trinidad, Imprisoned, Connects with Colombian Peace Process
APRIL 7, 2015 Simon Trinidad, Imprisoned, Connects with Colombian Peace Process by W. T. WHITNEY Ricardo Palmera, alias “Simon Trinidad,” is a political prisoner and more. Even as such, his sixty-year sentence and constant solitary confinement are extraordinary. Post- sentencing legal services are not always available. His mail is blocked, visitors ...
