Luigi Mangione, suspect in the murder of the CEO of the American health insurance company UnitedHealthcare, will be transferred to New York where he will be tried for murder with a “terrorist” dimension, the courts ordered on Thursday.
According to American media, the 26-year-old young man, who appeared in a Pennsylvania state court near his place of arrest on December 9, no longer opposes his transfer to New York justice, where the murder had taken place five days earlier.
Dressed in an orange inmate’s jumpsuit, Luigi Mangione, with curly black hair, emerged from the Hollidaysburg court in a black car, escorted by several police vehicles, according to AFP images.
He then boarded a plane to be transferred to New York.
His arrival and departure took place calmly, unlike the day after his arrest, when he appeared very agitated and vehement, throwing the words “this is an insult to the intelligence of the American people”.
Blair County Prosecutor Pete Weeks said he wanted to turn Mangione over to authorities in New York as soon as possible and was prepared to stay charges in Pennsylvania while authorities in New York pursued Mangione for murder.
The 26-year-old Ivy League college graduate is accused of ambushing and shooting Brian Thompson on Dec. 4 outside a Manhattan hotel where the health insurance giant’s boss in the United States was going to an investors conference.
When arrested, Luigi Mangione carried a three-page handwritten text calling health insurance companies “parasites” and complaining about corporate greed, according to a law enforcement bulletin obtained by The Associated Press last week.
Perpetuity
The assassination provoked numerous condemnations but also a deluge of hateful comments on social networks against American health insurance programs, illustrating deep anger towards a system accused of prioritizing profit over benefits. care and unfairly refuse medical care.
The young man with an engineering degree, a brilliant former student with a passion for video games and from a wealthy and influential family in Baltimore, received a lot of support on social networks.
Thursday morning, a handful of demonstrators traveled to the Hollidaysburg court to demand the release of “Luigi”. One of them held a sign that read: “health insurance practices terrorize the population.”
This praise was condemned by the authorities and the New York police expressed concern in an internal memo that Luigi Mangione was becoming an “example to follow”.
“We were the spectators of a shocking and appalling celebration of a cold-blooded murder,” blasted Tuesday the boss of the New York police (NYPD) Jessica Tisch, who denounced a “rampage” on the networks social media to “applaud this cowardly attack”.
Before the courts of the State of New York, he faces a maximum of life in prison without parole.
The American federal justice system could also prosecute him and he would then be liable to the death penalty.
With the Associated Press
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