The National Police in Cape Verde have denied a team of foreign doctors access to embattled Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab despite the existence of a June 21 ruling by the Court of Appeal of Barlavento, which says "specialists appointed by the defense are authorized to verify the state of health of extradited person".
It was gathered that the ahead of the doctors arrival from Venezuela, Saab's defence team had, based on request of the National Police in Cape Verde, presented the names of the doctors in order to authorize the entry.
But, it was learnt the National Police refused to allow the doctors visit Saab.
The Police force claimed it was unaware of the ruling by Court which granted them access.
Incidentally, the United Nations Human Rights Committee also issued a recommendation to that effect.
Saab was arrested and detained in Cape Verde based on the request of the Donald Trump led United States government during a stop over on his way to Iran over allegations of money laundering.
This is a move the Venezuelan government faulted with claims that the businessman is its special envoy on a humanitarian mission.
The Venezuelan government claimed that before his arrest, Saab had been on a mission to get food and medical supplies in Iran, stopping over in Cape Verde where he was arrested by security operatives.
The failure of Cape Verdean authorities to obey the ruling of the ECOWAS court by extraditing Saab to the US is not the first contempt for court order by the authorities since his detention last year.
Saab was denied access to any member of his defense team despite three court rulings granting him the right to do so.
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