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1 Case 1:17-cv JLK Document 26 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/11/2018 Page 1 of 2 ANDRES FELIPE ARIAS LEIVA, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Petitioner, ROBERT WILSON as Acting Warden, Federal Detention Center, Miami, Florida, JEFFERSON SESSIONS III, U.S. Attorney General, REX TILLERSON, U.S. Secretary of State, Respondents. / CASE NO CIV-KING NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RE: ARREST OF SEUXIS HERNANDEZ The day after this Court heard argument on the motion for bail and the petition for habeas corpus, Colombian authorities arrested Seuxis Hernandez-Solarte, a member of the terrorist FARC organization, with a view to extradition to the United States. Mr. Hernandez- Solarte is charged with drug crimes committed between June 2017 and April See Indictment [DE7], United States v. Hernandez-Solarte et al., No CR-VEC (SDNY) (appended). President Santos immediately reassured all FARC members that he would continue to deny U.S. extradition requests for crimes committed by FARC members before it effected a peace accord with the Santos Administration: I will not extradite anyone for crimes committed before the signing of the accord and during the conflict. Taylor Barnes, Susannah Culliana & Spencer Feingold, Colombia arrests key negotiator in FARC peace deal on drug trafficking charge, CNN (10 Apr 2018). This development is significant because it confirms, yet again, that Colombia is not bound by any treaty to extradite anyone to the United States. Colombia grants U.S. extradition requests in its sole discretion without regard to any treaty. See Jim Wyss and Mimi Whitefield, Colombia s FARC says peace deal might fail after member accused of cocaine deal (10 Apr 2018) ( The timing is crucial. Under the terms of Colombia s peace

2 Case 1:17-cv JLK Document 26 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/11/2018 Page 2 of 2 agreement, crimes the guerrillas committed before it went into effect on Dec. 31, 2016 receive special treatment that allows FARC members to avoid jail as well as extradition to the United States. On Monday, Santos said the government had given the guerrillas ample guarantees. ). Therefore, there is no extradition treaty in effect, and the Extradition Court acted without jurisdiction. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This notice was filed electronically through CM/ECF on 11 April 2018 and served on the United States Attorney s Office through that system. Respectfully submitted, David Oscar Markus Florida Bar No Lauren Doyle Florida Bar No Markus/Moss PLLC 40 N.W. Third Street Penthouse One Miami, Florida Ricardo J. Bascuas Florida Bar No Miller Drive Coral Gables, Florida /s/ Marc David Seitles Marc David Seitles Florida Bar No Seitles & Litwin PA 40 N.W. Third Street, Penthouse One Miami, Florida

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No. ================================================================ In The Supreme Court of the United States --------------------------------- --------------------------------- WILLIAM GIL PERENGUEZ,