This was announced by the prosecutor of the Lava Jato special team, Rafael Vela, who assured RPP that the former president “refuses to turn himself in voluntarily” despite learning about his extradition to Peru.
Despite the fact that former President Alejandro Toledo already knows that the US justice system approved his extradition to Peruvian lands so that the investigations against him continue, the prosecutor of the Lava Jato Special Team, Rafael Vela, told RPP that the former president “refuses to to surrender voluntarily”, so this shows that the Peruvian justice system has done a good job in the Toledo case.
It happens that the United States authorities have decided to change the house arrest that Toledo Manrique was serving, for a detention, a situation that will end after he is extradited to Peru. For this circumstance to occur, a hearing will be held on March 9 in which Judge Thomas Hixson will decide the future of former President Toledo, who must be prosecuted for money laundering and collusion in the Interoceánica case. It is important to mention that Hixson was the judge who gave the permission for the extradition.
refuses extradition
In this sense, Rafael Vela, maintained that Alejandro Toledo, upon being notified by the authorities that he must be extradited to national territory for the investigations to continue their course, he could “voluntarily” choose to turn himself in and be arrested immediately, however, Toledo Manrique refused to abide by this regulation and “has decided not to comply with the law.”
On the other hand, the superior prosecutor (coordinator) of the Lava Jato Special Team, rejected this action by the former president, recalling that the Peruvian population “demands that he come to answer for the serious charges pending against him, of money laundering, collusion , influence peddling (…)”. In addition, he highlighted the work that prosecutor José Domingo Pérez and other officials have done since this case began, since this reflects the good work that national justice has been doing.
The legal part of Toledo can appeal
In turn, the aforementioned medium also consulted the superior prosecutor on this case alfredo rebazahead of the Office of International Judicial Cooperation and Extraditions of the Prosecutor’s Office.
Rebaza mentions that this extradition process against Toledo should not exceed the next seven or eight weeks, “let us even hope that it will be less”, since the legal part can still appeal this case.
However, Rebaza affirms, the extradition process has already “passed through all its stages”, that is, it should be carried out as soon as possible, but before that, Toledo must be detained so that the decisions on his transfer can be carried out. .
