AG’s office presents Us evidence in Seawell extradition
Gary Seawell
Gary Seawell, one of two brothers currently incarcerated at the Hattieville Prison on drug trafficking and weapons charges appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie this morning in respect of an extradition request by the US. Seawell is wanted by U.S. authorities in connection with the trafficking of cocaine and marijuana as well as money laundering dating back to the mid-nineties. Extraditing him to face those charges however is a legal battle that may reach as far as the Caribbean Court of Justice. This morning attorney Magali Perdomo presented legal bundles which outline the reasons why is acceding to Seawell’s hand over to U.S. law enforcement. His attorney Arthur Saldivar, on the other hand, is awaiting a Supreme Court ruling by Justice John Muria on Friday regarding a treaty that was previously signed between Belize and the United States.
Arthur Saldivar, Attorney for Gary Seawell
arthur saldivar
“Today Mr. Gary Seawell was required to be in court as the AG’s ministry in the form of Crown Counsel Ms. Perdomo sought to tender the bundle that came from the United States Department of Justice upon which to form the basis of the extradition. That’s the evidence that they seek to rely on. That was done today and the matter was thereafter adjourned until the thirtieth of August where we should proceed one way or the other.”
Isani Cayetano
“You had mentioned a while ago that this, to some degree, is contingent upon a ruling by Justice Muria. Can you speak to us a bit on that as well?”
Arthur Saldivar
“Well yes. What happened is that under our present extradition act, the act makes an allusion to treaty signed between Belize and the United States in March of the year 2000. And Section nine of our extradition act makes particular reference to that treaty and expressly provides that as it relates to persons being extradited to the U.S., that that treaty supersedes any other law within Belize pertaining to extradition. So the treaty takes precedence over it. By virtue of that, Isani, the Supreme Court is being asked to basically determine whether or not since the law so expressly provides in that instance that only that treaty is to be looked at as it relates to the extradition of Belizeans to the United States, whether or not the AG Ministry or the U.S. Embassy or whoever is seeking to have Mr. Seawell be extradited to the U.S. can rely on any other provision within the act to do so.”
The ruling by Justice Muria on Friday will determine whether or not they will make an appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice.The U.S. Justice Department is also seeking Mark Seawell for extradition on similar charges.
If he did not set foot in the USA, he should not be extradited. America does not own the world…… any more.
This is Belize. Not USA. Let the US stay there and handle their narcotrafic. They are the importer and supporter
All 3 brothers was over here inthe united states. Send them packing to face our kind of justice here in america . they think that when the do their mischief over here belize is a safe haven, they know a place call home. most of the crime happening in belize are people who are deported back and then you have the copy cat illiterate belizeans who don’t want to work and whose parents cannot afford school follow these mischief. I must say some belizean need to know that no goverment can take care of them. teach you children that every think come with hard work and never think negative because when you think negative, negative things happen and when you think positive, positive . thing happen. think outside the box
SWEDEN WILL NOT EXTRADITE ROMAN POLANSKI EITHER AFTER TEN MONTHS OF HOUSE ARREST. THEY DO NOT ACCEPT THE EVIDENCE PUT FORWARD BY THE USA!!
END THE S T R U G G L E THE MURDERING !!!!!!
LIKE PETER TOSH SAYS ” LEGALIZE IT “
send him to the US so he could spend some real time cause bze jail they will get away with lot off thing , he and his brother responsible for a lot to killin when they had there money, buttin thousand on ppl head for them to kill them send them to US so they could be lock up 23 hr out the day maybe some wa kill them back there
Agree with all of you, but I must say: I hate how the USA feel like they can do anything with anyone anywhere in the world!
USA is a bully!
Belize is this man’s home (his mother country), hopefully he learn his lesson and change his ways, but like any mother would do…even a good mother she will embrace her child chastise him BUT not hand him over to the bully!
Mothers raise your children right so that they bring honor instead of disgrace…
Was the Grim sleeper ever in Belize?Let’s try to find out if he wasn’t responsible for some of the missing kids in Belize.Also would the US allow the grim sleeper to be extradited to Belize to face charges had he comitted some of the heinous act in Belize?
America does not send any of their citizens to other countries to be tried. If he did not commit any crimes in the US how can they asked that he be sent for trial to the US?
Legal minds in Belize let me share something with you! If he is ent to the US to be tried and surely serve time he will be returned better trained to Belize and better prepared to commit bigger crimes in Belize.
America should try harder to reduce to consumption of drugs in the US which will reduce the demand and consequently the need for so much drugs and eventually if there is not much money to be earned all the negative stuff that comes with drug use will reduce.
CEO : I totally agree with you.I wish some of our other Belizean people would just get out of that mental slavery mentality.Always believe that they’ve got to stoop to a white man.
FRANCE DOES NOT EXTRADITE ITS CITIZENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BELIZE MUST STOP EXTRADITEING ITS CITIZENS.
STOP THE MADNESS.
PEOPLE!
THE UNITED STATES IS NOT AMERICA.
KNOW YOUR HISTORY.
LOOK AROUND, YOU WILL NOT FIND AN AMERICAN FLAG. YOU WILL FIND A FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AND ALL OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE AMERICAS.
All we know about the Sewell boys’ wrong doings in America is what the Americans are saying that they did. Alright… my thing is that if you do the crime, then just buckle down and do the time. Now, what about the Americans that he allegedly exported the drugs to in the States? Are they also locked up and looking at long prison sentences?? Until somebody convinces me to the contrary, I have my reservations about extradition.
why all a unu waah si a man get send dah merimakka fi something none a unu no know bout/ unu si dah man import or export any drugs / fire pon merimakka and pon all who wish bad fi any adda man/ respek the seawell braddas ////and belize and belizeans some a unu have to stop kiss merimakka ….//// da farin unu love so dat unu di si the merican neh come and tek wi people out a di country like dat// u neva know neh might want snatch you or your family membah up next /// careful how unu mek deal with the devil.