Colombia expects return from nationals in Sumud Flotilla ‘in less than 72 hours’

He National Government expects them Manuela Bedoya and Luna Barreto activiststhat were part of the crew of the Global Sumud flotilla and are arrested in a prison in the Israeli desert, be deported from that country in less than 72 hours, said Friday the Chancellery.

“The nationals signed a document through which an expedited deportation procedure were accepted, which is expected to be fulfilled within a period not exceeding 72 hours“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

The two activists have already received the visit of Colombian consular officials, as well as the two detainees of Chiliaccording to EFE in the Saharonim prison, near the people of Kziot and the border with Egypt, in southern Israel.

The Colombian government confirmed that during the visit the young women “They expressed concerns about their conditions, including lack of food in the last 48 hours and limitations in access to drinking water“

“They also informed having been submitted to procedures that affected their dignity and physical well -being“added the Foreign Ministry, which did not give more details about it, but asked Israel” to respect the human rights “of the activists and”guarantee adequate conditions while remaining in their custody“

In the prison of Saharonimwhere the Colombians are, there are around the 450 detainees of various nationalities that were arrested in the ships of the flotilla, “The majority“Of which they signed in favor of being deported, according to a source of the prison itself.

The people who agreed to be deported, indicated a European diplomatic source that visited their nationals in jail, They will embark on airplanes to travel outside Israel as soon as possible, surely in the next two days.

Those who did not access must appear before a judge, who will decide on their forced deportation, which would take more days, said the source.

EFE