Cabo Verde is an archipelago nation, whose population is 560,000, located 400 miles across the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Dakar, Senegal, in West Africa. Saab’s case is being fought in the Cabo Verde Supreme Court, so he cannot be immediately extradited. The defense team for Alex Saab makes the point that “it is the executive, not the courts, that decided to arrest Saab. Meeting with ambassadorWe also met June 3 with Alejandro Correa Ortega, Venezuelan ambassador to Cabo Verde. Like Saab’s attorney, Correa confirmed that Alex described to him the torture, night visits and the rest of the treatment that violated his human rights.

Source: GhanaWeb June 07, 2021 00:22 UTC