The ex-FARC leader returned to the Colombian prosecutor's office after receiving medical care

Jesus Santrich, leader of the former FARC Colombian guerrilla force extradited by the United States for drug trafficking, was recaptured this Sunday in the prosecution dungeons after being 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 "altered state of consciousness" and "saturated 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.

The 52-year-old with acute visual impairment, the former guerrilla was arrested for the first time in April 2018 for the purpose of extradition, suspected of conspiring to send cocaine on the US territory after the peace agreement signed in November 2016.

Santrich ensures the charges respond to a conspiracy by Washington and the Colombian prosecutor's office.

Supported by the UN, the deal that led to the disarmament of some 7,000 combatants provides criminal benefits to atrocious criminal perpetrators who contribute to the truth, justice and reparation of the victims. victims.

However, this invalidates the shield against extradition for those who have relapsed after the entry into force of the peace commitments.