The Supreme Court authorized the request for the Colombian’s extradition to the United States Jorge Parra Duran for the crime of leaving the scene of a fatality, charged by the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of the County of Palm tree beach.
Parra Durán, who was driving a car Florida (United States), is accused of colliding with a motorcyclist who lost his life.
Later, according to the Parra file, he fled the scene without paying attention to the victim. The accident happened because the Colombian turned left and ignored the direction the motorcycle was traveling.
The facts were written down April 9, 2006.
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That same day, the office of the Sheriff County was notified of the event. The accident occurred at the intersection of Haverhill Road and Summit Pines Boulevard.
Authorities found the affected car, a Geo Prizm, model 94. The car lacked the front bumper and had dents on the driver’s side. His engine was also warm, the record says.
It also indicates that the police officers interviewed the eyewitness to the event., who assured them that he had seen the driver leave after the accident. The motorcycle on which the victim was riding belonged to this witness.
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The extradition request shows that the car in which Parra was driving was in the name of his parents. The day after the accident, the district police contacted him by phone; However, the defendant stated that he was afraid of going to jail and that he would send his lawyer to represent him in the case.
He did it. The Colombian’s lawyer organized a meeting between his client and the police. The meeting was scheduled for April 25, 2006, but the defendant did not show up. D.A few days later, authorities learned that Parra Durán had left the United States on April 23 of the same year. on a flight to Colombia.
West Palm Beach police named him a fugitive on their Facebook page in August 2007. His appearance and date of birth were described in this publication.
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The 35-year-old Colombian citizen was arrested in Cali on February 12, 2020, according to Interpol’s red notice. On February 19, he was notified of his arrest with a view to extradition.
After a year, the Supreme Court, with a presentation by Magistrate Diego Eugenio Corredor Beltrán, approved the extradition request.
The citizen abandoned the practice of evidence in the process and accepted the simplified procedure, which accelerated the process for their shipment to the United States.
Now it remains only that the president Ivan Duque sign the extradition for delivery to the United States authorities.
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