2024-03-01 21:20:50
Through a statement dated this Friday, March 1, the Government of Brazil authorized the extradition of Jaime Saade, the Colombian convicted of the murder of Nancy Mestre in the 90s.
(We recommend you read: Barranquilla Court says it will abide by Brazil’s conditions to extradite Saade).
Guillermo Rivera, Colombian ambassador to Brazil, shared the news on his X account.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs greets the Embassy of the Republic of Colombia and, with reference to communication EBRBSL n. 078, of February 27, 2024, attaches dispatch n 669/2024, by which it authorizes the delivery of Mr. Jaime Enrique Saade Cormane to the Colombian State,” the statement reads.
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In another section of the document it is said that Saade “must be removed from Brazilian territory, by the Colombian authorities, within the period provided for in Article VII of the bilateral treaty on the matter.
The decision comes following the request of the First Court for the Execution of Sentences of Barranquilla, which issued an urgent request for the extradition of the man, ensuring that he was not released.
In the document issued by the court, a commitment was established to act with all the conditions stipulated by the Brazilian justice system for Saade’s extradition.
(You might be interested in: The Attorney General’s Office requested information on the extradition process of Jaime Saade to Colombia).
“There is an international commitment and that, as justice operators, in harmonious collaboration with the executive branch bodies, we must join forces to fulfill it under the principle of pacta sunt Servando,” the document reads.
The death of Nancy Mestre
As Martin Mestre, Nancy’s father, recalled for EL TIEMPO, the young woman wanted to spend the New Year of 1994 with who would be her suitor.
“She asked her mother and me for permission to go out that day because Jaime Saade wanted to take her to the family dinner; I had seen him once or twice,” she said in a past talk.
When the clock struck midnight, Nancy Mestre celebrated with her family and around 1:00 am Jaime Saade arrived to pick her up. Before they left, Martín asked the man to take care of her, but not before reminding him that they only had permission from her until 3:00 am.
On the morning of January 1, 1994, they learned that the young woman was in serious condition in a hospital, where she died shortly following. The forensic report indicated that the young woman had been sexually assaulted and murdered by who would be her partner. The justice system, despite the fact that he left the country, sentenced him to 27 years in prison and ordered his capture abroad.
“The girl from heaven or wherever she was had seen that we fought for justice,” said her father.
At the end of April 2023, the Brazilian Federal Police confirmed that Saade had been detained in the municipality of Marechal Deodoro, in Alagoas, in compliance with the red circular issued by Interpol.
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