Chile: Judge nixes extradition for FARC sympathizer
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A Chilean Supreme Court judge ruled Saturday that a Communist Party member linked to leftist rebels should not be extradited to Colombia. Justice Sergio Munoz's ruling is preliminary, and the matter will ultimately be decided by the court's criminal division.
Manuel Olate, 43, was arrested in October and had been under house arrest for the past month while his case was being heard. The Colombian government accused Olate of being a financier for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, saying he traveled to that country several times and allegedly met with guerrilla leaders. (AP)
