Martinelli coming home

Former President Ricardo Martinelli has decided to come home and face charges.

Martinelli who has been behind bars in  Miami since June 12,  2017 and has now decided to forego his appeal process in an Atlanta court and to allow his extradition to Panama go ahead..

Martinelli  sent his decision in  a handwritten note to his lawyer Sidney Sitton, who on Wednesday, May 23  confirmed that his client will skip  the  process  filed with the Federal Court of Appeals of the 11th US  Circuit, based in Atlanta, against the decision of Judge Marcia Cooke of the Southern District Court of Florida, that on January 23, at a  Miami hearing  denied a habeas corpus in favor of Martinelli.

The extradition will now depend on the US State  Department. His  extradition has already been certified by Judge Edwin Torres and from the Southern District Court on August 31, 2017,

Sitton confirmed the authenticity of the note, which is addressed to him and Martinelli spokesman Luis Eduardo Camacho.

Martinelli returns to face charges of illegal interception of messages and embezzlement.  Members of his former cabinet and “Zero Circle” are appearing in droves to face justice in Panama Courtrooms.