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Originally Posted by Tribesman
Attempted murder was the charge laid at the time so it cannot be a charge that is being pushed now to avoid any time limits.
They fled the jurisdiction after they had been arrested and charged, that would suggest that the current extradition application is all in order.
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Yes, you're right about that, apparently the attempted murder charge is some years old.
However you can't blame someone avoiding being prosecuted in a country with no effective legal system, where a judge offers to skip pressing charges for cash - at least that's what Watson states in his own article about Costa Rica, found here:
http://www.seashepherd.org/commentar...costa-rica-150
A quite interesting aspect of the article is the connection between illegal finning and the drug mafia.
I'd really hate to see old Paul disappearing from the world by being shanked in some Costa Rican prison hellhole.