CA junks US government plea to extradite Pinoy wife’s killer
By Benjamin B. Pulta 08/26/2011A taco restaurant owner who took out a murder contract on his wife 19 years ago in California to cash in on proceeds of an insurance scam will escape justice in the United States after the Court of Appeals (CA) turned down the bid of the American government to extradite him.
The appellate court said the Americans failed to present proof of conspiracy between the Filipino-American businessman, Abelardo Tasa, who was subsequently nabbed by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Kalibo, Aklan.
Tasa is facing trial in the Supreme Court of California, County of San Diego, Central Division for allegedly conspiring to kill his wife to collect $300,000 in life insurance.
In a 21-page decision by Associate Justice Apolinario Bruselas Jr., the CA’s Eight Division affirmed the decision issued by the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 41 which dismissed the extradition case filed by the US government through the Department of Justice against Abelardo Tasa for lack of probable cause..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20110826met1.html
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