Statement by Chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Connie Mack on the Extradition of Walid Makled-Garcia from Colombia to Venezuela

A Major Failure of the Obama Administration!

WASHINGTON, April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "I expressed my extreme disappointment to President Santos when he phoned me about the extradition of Syrian born, narcoterrorist Walid Makled-Garcia a few weeks back.  But that disappointment pales in comparison to the outrage I have at the Obama Administration for passing on the initial extradition offer made by Colombia last fall followed by the failure by the Justice Department to submit their paperwork in a timely fashion to the Colombian government.  The behavior by the Obama Administration in this case was a dangerous cross between incompetence and ignorance.  Makled has admitted his operations were done with the consent of Hugo Chavez and top officials in the Venezuelan government and having him in U.S. custody would have been a huge victory in our region's drug war."  

SOURCE Office of Congressman Connie Mack