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Alejandro Toledo: US judge temporarily suspends the extradition of the former president

Alejandro Toledo: US judge temporarily suspends the extradition of the former president

Judge Laurel D. Beeler halted extradition for a week, but gives Alejandro Toledo a chance to get a longer stay in a higher court in the United States.

This Thursday 23, the judge Laurel D. Beelerof the Court of the Northern District of California, temporarily suspended the extradition process —approved by the Department of State— of the former president Alexander Toledowho seeks to prevent the United States Government from turning him over to the Peruvian authorities so that he can be prosecuted for the alleged crimes of collusion and money laundering in the Interoceanic Case. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the former president received about 35 million dollars in bribes from odebrecht.

According to the resolution to which he agreed The Republicthe magistrate rejected Toledo’s main claim: to suspend the extradition until the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit resolves, in second instance, a habeas corpus with which it seeks to annul the entire repatriation process.

D. Beeler, same as June 2022did agree to the secondary request of the former head of state and ordered to suspend the extradition for a period of 7 days or “until the date on which the Ninth Circuit rules on the petitioner’s request for suspension.” For this to take place, the appeal must be filed with the higher instance within a week.

According to the resolution, Toledo Manrique promised to file his stay request with the Ninth Circuit “no later than” Monday, February 27. Said legal maneuver was not questioned by the Government of the United States.

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Alexander Toledo He announced that he will present on February 27 a request to suspend his extradition before the Ninth Circuit until this instance resolves the habeas corpus.

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