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Attorneys: Salvadoran Colonel's Health Declining in New Jail

by Associated Press

   RALEIGH, N.C. --

   Defense attorneys say medical care for a former Salvadoran colonel
   accused of helping to plot five killings is declining since his
   transfer to a new facility to await a final decision on his
   extradition.
   A lawyer for Inocente Orlando Montano Morales says in a filing that
   routine blood sugar checks were missed and he has had a fever and other
   symptoms indicating that he could have a new infection.
   Judge Terrence Boyle had tried to send Montano to a federal prison
   hospital because of concerns about his health, but the transfer wasn't
   possible. Instead, he was sent from a North Carolina lockup to a
   Virginia jail.
   The U.S. Marshals Service said it was following procedures for
   reviewing Montano's complaints but couldn't provide details.