Bolivia Requests Extradition of Its Former Governor from Paraguay

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Author: 
by Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
27
Issue: 
3
Abstract: 
On December 27, 2010, the Bolivian Attorney General requested from Paraguay Mario Cassion, the former governor of Tarija who fled there after being accused of corruption and separated from his position in the middle of December. The Paraguayan government has informed the Bolivian authorities that its government will process the request through the norms of international cooperation concerning extradition, according to Paraguayan Attorney General Gilbert Muñoz...(more)...