Captain Paul Watson ASKS US ALL!!!! Help Me to Make An Appeal to the President of Costa Rica Now that there is a new administration it may be worthwhile to appeal directly to the New President of Costa Rica. I was placed on the Interpol Red List by the very corrupt former Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla whose administration saw the shark finners make huge profits with few arrests. Her administration also did nothing to prevent the death of Jairo Mora Sandoval who requested government protection months before he was murdered. I am hopeful that President D. Luis Guillermo Solis will address both corruption and the illegal slaughter of turtles and sharks in Costa Rican waters. Costa Rica continues to demand my extradition for an incident in 2002 when I stopped Costa Rican fishing boat illegally finning sharks in Guatemalan waters. I intervened with permission of the Guatemalan government. Despite the entire incident documented on film for the documentary Sharkwater which demonstrated that no fishermen were injured, I was charged with attempted murder on the word of the eight fishermen. I appeared in court in 2002 and the charges were dropped. Two weeks later I was instead charged with 8 counts of assault. I appeared in court yet again and the charges were dismissed. A decade later I was charged a third time for the reckless operation of a ship and Costa Rica issued a demand for my extradition. The shark fin mafia have a $25,000 price on my head so being incarcerated in a Costa Rican jail just awaiting a trial would be a death sentence. And once brought to Costa Rican, if tried and acquitted Costa Rican would deliver me to Japan on charges of conspiracy to trespass (hardly an extraditable offense) and one that I am not guilty of. The charge is part of plea bargain for a crewmember who did board a Japanese whaling ship and he made this deal in exchange for a suspended sentence. I believe that President Solis has great potential to make a significant and positive difference in protecting marine diversity in Costa Rican waters. I would like to request a favor of all on this facebook page to send a polite message to President Solis with a request that Costa Rica drops the extradition order demanding that I be brought to Costa Rica. Sea Shepherd and I would like to return to helping protect the turtles and sharks in Costa Rican waters. Please write a short message or copy the message below (In English or Spanish) and post it on the President’s Facebook page or send it by email: E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Facebook: https://facebook/luisguillermosolisr Señor Presidente D. Luis Guillermo Solís, Congratulations on your election to the office of President of Costa Rica. I would like to respectfully request that youdrop the extradition demand for Sea Shepherd founder and Greenpeace Co-founder Captain Paul Watson. He did not injure anyone nor did he damage any property. He simply stopped an illegal Costa Rican flagged shark finning operation in Guatemalan waters at the request of the Guatemalan government. I would also like to request that your government work with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to protect the turtles on Moins Beach on the Caribbean side and Cocos Island in the waters off the Pacific coast of the nation. A year ago a courageous young man died protecting the turtles of Moins Beach. Sea Shepherd wishes to honour this man by working with the government of Costa Rica to defend marine bio-diversity from illegal exploitation by people who are plundering the future of all Costa Ricans. Please dismiss the extradition order for Captain Paul Watson and allow him to work with you to protect the rich ecological heritage of Costa Rica. Thank-you Excelentísimo Señor Presidente D. Luis Guillermo Solís, Mis felicitaciones por su elección para el cargo de Presidente de Costa Rica. Me gustaría pedirle, respetuosamente, que retire la demanda de extradición sobre el fundador de Sea Shepherd y cofundador de Greenpeace, Capitán Paul Watson. Él no hirió a nadie ni dañó ninguna propiedad. Él simplemente detuvo una operación ilegal de aleteo de tiburón bajo bandera costarricense, en aguas de Guatemala, a petición del Gobierno de Guatemala. Me gustaría también pedirle que su Gobierno trabaje con la Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, para proteger las tortugas en Moins Beach en la costa Caribeña así como en la Isla del Coco en las aguas del Pacífico de la nación. Hace un año, un hombre valiente murió protegiendo las tortugas de Moins Beach. Sea Shepherd desea honrar a este hombre trabajando con el Gobierno de Costa Rica, para defender la biodiversidad marina de la explotación ilegal por personas que están saqueando el futuro de todos los Costarricenses. Por favor, le ruego que retire la orden de extradición sobre el Capitán Paul Watson y que le permita trabajar con usted para proteger la rica herencia ecológica de Costa Rica. Gracias https://facebook/luisguillermosolisr?filter=2
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 06:07:12 +0000
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