Jaled el Masri

Jaled el Masri is a citizen of Syria who was subjected to the American program of extraordinary rendition and held in extrajudicial detention in the CIA's network of black sites.^[1][2] Jaled el Masri is reported to have been apprehended by a clandestine CIA team in January 2004, in Skopje, Macedonia. Jaled el Masri is reported to have been tortured by the CIA in Afghanistan.

The Boeing 737 airliner that transported Jaled el Masri and the CIA team landed in La Palma, Majorca, a Spanish Island in the Mediterranean.^[1] In May 2010 Spanish authorities issued arrest warrant for the CIA officials who landed in Spanish territory while accompanying Jaled el Masri. The arrest warrants triggered concern in the United Kingdom because the CIA officials were reported to have used UK passports.

Mistaken Identity

Another man named Jaled el Masri was arrested in Skopje around the same time, in December 31, 2003.^[3] He was a German citizen of Lebanese origins on vacation in the country, when was mistaken for a terrorist by Macedonian authorities. After being tortured, he was handed over to the CIA and spent six months being interrogated in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan. He was returned to Germany on May 28, 2004.^[3]

References

1. 1 2 Robert Mendick (2010-05-14). "Fake British passports 'used by CIA' in terror abductions - claim". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-05-15. The Spanish authorities are considering issuing arrest warrants for 13 CIA agents over the rendition of Jaled el Masri, a Syrian-born suspect who was taken from Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, to Afghanistan where he was allegedly tortured. 
2. ↑ Ana Curbelo (2010-05-13). "La Fiscalía española pide detener espías estadounidenses relacionados con los vuelos ilegales de la CIA". La Gran Época. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
3. 1 2 EFE (2012-12-13). "Macedonia, primer Estado europeo condenado por los vuelos de la CIA". El País. Retrieved 2012-12-13.