Uganda to extradite counterfeit suspect
KAMPALA, Uganda – An American who has been on trial in Kampala for counterfeiting currency notes worth $180,400 will be deported to the U.S. where he faces criminal charges, a Ugandan court ordered Thursday.
Ryan Andrew Gustafson pleaded with Magistrate Flavia Nabakooza not to have him deported.
“I would rather remain in Luzira (the prison where he was in Kampala) than deporting me. Those people will kill me,” Gustafson said without elaborating.
U.S. authorities in December 2014 charged Gustafson with leading a multimillion-dollar international counterfeit money operation based in Uganda. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania said Gustafson mainly lived in Texas and Colorado when he was in the U.S.
Backers defend Brazilian president
RIO DE JANEIRO – President Dilma Rousseff launched into a bitter battle with a fragmented Congress on Thursday after impeachment proceedings were introduced against her in the lower house as Brazil falls deeper into a political and economic crisis.
Rousseff’s supporters came out in force and went on the attack against House of Deputies Speaker Eduardo Cunha, who allowed the impeachment proceedings to open.
Among her defenders was former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Rousseff’s political mentor.
Cunha introduced impeachment proceedings Wednesday evening, citing a court’s finding that Rousseff’s administration violated fiscal responsibility laws by using money from state-run banks to fill budget gaps.
Associated Press
