WHILE  LAWYERS for  a Panamanian absconder claim he has sought political asylum in Colombia the country’s  Foreign Ministry warn that an expulsion order  against Mizrachi Matalon continues.

The Colombian Foreign Ministry said that on June 21,  when Panama announced its decision to withdraw the extradition of Mizrachi after the decision of the Second Court quashed an arrest  order  Immigration Colombia had already issued an  expulsion order that  includes  a prohibition from entering  the South American country for a period of 10 years.

Mizrachi left the jail in which he had been held since December in  a car with his lawyers while officials were waiting nearby to deport him.

The statement said that his  legal obligation to leave, as established by the rules of that country was breached.

Mizrachi is scheduled to appear in court in a Panama court  in  August along with several otheeres, accused of embezzlement  from the state,