"Jesús Santrich", the FARC leader imprisoned for drug trafficking, was injured by rumors of extradition in the United States.

General William Ruiz Garzón, director of the National Prison, confirmed that the former guerrilla commander had "self-injured" and had received medical attention. The situation, detailed The spectatorThis would be linked to the version according to which President Iván Duque would decree that domestic agitation extradited him by administrative means.

Jesus Santrich He remains in a prison in Bogotá despite the fact that the Special Judge for Peace (JEP) refused his extradition and asked to release him two days ago. Although the official information on the state of health has not yet been published, according to the FARC, its condition would be serious.

"The companion Jesus Santrich, who was declared free by the JEP and who was not released today, is injured and bleeds, with risk of death in the high-security high court "of La Picota prison in Bogotá, said at the press activist Francisco Tolosa, member of the solidarity committee Jesús Santrich Libre.

Rodrigo Londoño, president of FARC, the party turned guerrilla, wrote on Twitter: "President Iván Duque says that you will condemn the internal turmoil to extradite Santrich administratively ".

Later, Londoño, known in his time as a guerrilla Tymoshenko, said: "If the operation (of) internal troubles is confirmed, it is clearly a totalitarian attack against any constitutional order at the hands of those who boast of talking about dictatorships but who , with fanaticism, seek to consolidate one and stink at the encouragement of war. "

According to the Constitution, internal turmoil is a state of emergency that can be declared by the Colombian president when serious disturbances of public order impede the stability of institutions imminently.

Santrich was arrested in Bogota on April 9, 2018 by the Colombian prosecutor's office in response to an extradition request from the United States Department of Justice, which charges him with drug trafficking, a crime that allegedly committed after the signing of the peace agreement of November 24, 2016, which is exposed to ordinary justice.

However, on 15 May, the JEP asked Santrich for the guarantee of non-extradition and requested his immediate release.

(With information from EFE)