Report: Lebanon Rejects to Extradite Fayad to U.S.
The Justice Ministry has recommended not to extradite Ali Taan Fayad to the United States to face weapons charges, Lebanese judicial sources have said.
The sources told pan-Arab daily al-Hayat published on Tuesday that the General Prosecution was informed by the government via the Justice Ministry about a decision not to extradite Fayad.
General Prosecutor Judge Samir Hammoud, who has been reviewing his case, will likely refer Fayad to the office of the Prosecutor of Appeals in Baabda to decide whether the suspect should be set free or remain in detention, the sources added.
Fayad, also known as Ali Amin, was arrested at the Rafik Hariri International Airport upon his arrival to Beirut following his release by the Czech authorities last month.
He was one from a group of three who were arrested in Prague in 2014 while allegedly trying to sell weapons to undercover U.S. law enforcement agents who pretended to be from a Colombian terrorist group.
Fayad's return to Beirut came on the same day that five Czech citizens who went missing in Lebanon in July returned home in a swap deal struck by the Czech government for their release.
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