Cape Verdean authorities extradited to Portugal this Saturday Fernanda Baltazar, a teacher who killed her fiancé with dry ice, sentenced to 17 years in prison, the Cape Verdean judicial police said through the Interpol office in Praia.
“Judicial Police [PJ]through the Praia Interpol office, announces that this Saturday, March 25, the extradition of a woman aged 42, who has Portuguese citizenship, to her country of origin was carried out,” PJ Cape Verde said in a statement. .
It adds that the detainee was sentenced to 17 years in prison for committing the offense of aggravated manslaughter against her boyfriend, “using dry ice in conjunction with a fire-related crime and finding herself on the run from Portuguese justice.”
“In Cape Verde, since February 28, 2021, the detainee has already served part of her prison sentence, and there are 14 years, seven months and 17 days left,” says PJ Cape Verde.
It also mentions that on September 9, 2022, an Interpol “red notice” was issued against persons wanted by the Portuguese authorities for extradition, and that on September 22, 2022, “a woman was arrested at the entrance to the house where she lived. , in Varzea da Compagna, in the town of Praia.
On September 23, 2022, the detainee was taken to the Court of Appeal of Sotavento, which ruled on her pre-trial detention, for this reason “after exhausting all legal remedies and by decision of the Supreme Court of Cape Verde” she was extradited to Portugal.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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