| An A.M. Costa Rica reprint Published Wednesday, July 23, 2008, inVol. 8, No. 145 |
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| Tomayko gets refugee status to avoid extradition |
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By Elise Sonray
The security minister overruled her immigration director today and
awarded Chere Lyn Tomayko refugee status in Costa Rica to protect her
from the U.S. government.of the A.M. Costa Rica staff posted at 4:30 p.m. The woman was at the end of a battle to prevent extradition to face a federal charge of international child abduction. The woman, who lived in Costa Rica illegally for 10 years, had generated support from members of the Óscar Arias Sánchez administration. This included the security minister, Janina Del Vecchio. The minister made her announcement at a 3 p.m. press conference and her comments generated applause from some in the audience, including Javier Francisco Montero |
Umaña, a Heredia veterinarian and the man who married
Ms. Tomayko April 6. She still is in prison. The couple have two small children. Ms. Tomayko was indicted by a U.S. grand jury in Texas because she took her daughter, Alexandria, then 7, from that jurisdiction contrary to the orders of a Texas judge, who had awarded joint custody of the child to Ms. Tomayko and the father, Roger Cyprian. He still lives in Texas. Ms. Del Vecchio said the matter was one of human rights and that she thought that Ms. Tomayko was a victim of domestic violence. She admitted that she had made no inquires of Texas officials. |