Alleged financier for Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro says he fears being extradited to the US
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He claims he was tortured by the authorities in Cape Verde and that even worse punishments await him if he is extradited to the United States. Alex Saab, the Colombian businessman who's also said to be a 'financier' and 'front man' of embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, told CNN in an exclusive interview from his detention site in Cape Verde that he has no doubts about what will happen to him if sent to America.
"If I'm extradited to the United States, every independent expert is categoric: I will be exposed to forced interrogation techniques, to torture, poor treatment, an unfair trial, inhuman detention conditions and cruel punishments," he said in a handwritten letter, answering questions sent by CNN, through his lawyers in Cape Verde. "Apart from that, I have faith in God and I know He'll give me the strength to win," he also said, in what is his first interview since he was arrested a year ago.
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