The ex-FARC leader again in the prosecution bunker after receiving medical care

Jesus Santrich, leader of the ex-FARC Colombian guerrilla, who had requested the extradition of the United States under drug indictment, was taken back to the prosecutor's office prison after have been treated in a medical center.

In the intensive care unit of the University Hospital Mederi since Saturday morning, the ex-combatant was released and returned to the prosecutor's office, where an investigation into charges of drug trafficking has been opened in the United States.

"Mr Seuxis Paucias Hernández Solarte – his legal name – was discharged from the hospital, his health condition having been restored," said the medical center in a statement.

For its part, Santrich's defense rejected the hearing in order to legalize the capture that, according to his press service, would have been carried out in the intensive care unit and with the veteran in a state of unconsciousness.

At the prosecutor's office, the leader of the former guerrillas must wait for the imputation hearing scheduled for Monday.

Santrich had "alteration of the state of consciousness" and "wounds in the arms".

The latter were self-inflicted in prison on Friday at a time when their release was expected, dictated two days earlier by a peace court decision to investigate the worst crimes committed during the conflagration with the police. Ex-guerrilla FARC.

Upon his release from prison, the former negotiator of the agreements authorizing the disarmament and transformation of the FARC into a political party was again captured by prosecution agents.

Although the authorities did not talk about extradition, the accuser explained in a statement that the operation had been carried out "as a result of international judicial cooperation", which included "new evidence".

Washington, through its embbady in Bogotá, had strongly opposed the release and called for an "urgent appeal" for the decision to release him.

President Ivan Duque said he was "indignant" by the decision of the peace court and supported the appeal announced by the Attorney General's office, warning that the case was not " close "and that he was willing to authorize his extradition.