This Tuesday, the former president of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) Juan Angel Napout, convicted and in prison in Miami, United States of America, had to undergo eye surgery because his eyesight is very impaired. Virginia Napout, the convict’s sister, insists the operation was not carried out and believes the North American justice system violated her human rights.

“They didn’t operate on him, he got a written appointment from the United States. Yesterday they took him to the hospital, they kept him for 6 hours, the doctor who treated him didn’t even know why he left, he did a check-up and sent him back to jail. They did regular checkups to tell him the same thing, that he needed urgent surgery. This is the fourth time they made a promise and didn’t keep it,” he said in contact with La Nación/Nación Media.

She said that her brother Cataract surgery has been indicated for more than two years. The former sports manager only saw a shadow in the right side of his eye for a time, while on the left the cataract developed quite quickly. Virginia Napout showed that convicts still have rights, because only freedom is deprived, not the right to health, He added that the people from the prison bureau should take care of their health.

Likewise, that fact qualifies as psychological torture and a violation of all human rights for both Juan Ángel and his family. “Obviously it’s a violation of human rights and psychological torture. There’s also discrimination, because if he were an American, he’d be at home next month.”showed.

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The former Head of Conmebol has appointed a US audience This Friday June 23. These are the so-called legal figures mercy release, where the person must meet certain conditions to be able to request, Juan Ángel completes the requirements and it is delivered. The family will follow the trial from our country via telematics, according to the convict’s sister.

“The Prosecutor’s Office has said it will opposetomorrow both sides will present their arguments and the judge must decide. we thought it was it’s highly unlikely he’ll ever get hit because, again, he’s not American, and that must be working against himVirginia emphasized.

The former sports manager’s family too appealed to the Organization of American States (OAS), by means of a letter sent on 13 June to the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagroin which the legal and personal situation of the convict is revealed in detail.

In it, they ask that the OAS can insist on compliance with the Convention between Paraguay and the United States, which aims to facilitate the transfer of convicts to their countries of origin to serve their sentences close to their families and social circles.

They also asked that action be taken guarantee respect for the rights of convicts and their families based on the principles of the Convention mentioned above. Regarding the request to fulfill the agreement, in April last year he said he was still waiting, because he had not received a response. “We will continue to do everything in our power and if that means turning to human rights organizations, we will”added the older brother.

Juan Ángel Napout is serving nine years in a Miami prison for the FIFAgate corruption case and according to what he himself stated in an open letter, he is in a fragile state of health. The date set for his release from prison is August 9, 2024then he will be deported, where the return process also takes time.

After completing the record with La Nación, Virginia Napout revealed: “I wonder how they will get my brother back to us, if they don’t do a preventive studyThey have to take care of their health. He’s guilty of a crime, he’s serving his sentence, great, but… what about after? Is it American? It is discrimination, shame and irrationality”, he punished.

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