:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/XPUU5CER4JESJPA2IXWRROFBM4.jpg "Alejandro Toledo will present arguments tomorrow to avoid extradition to Peru")
After his extradition to the Peru -in connection with two alleged corruption cases investigated by the pursuit– The ex-president Alejandro Toledo (possible Peru) He will know this Wednesday 29 if his bail is canceled or if his arrest is ordered.
Eliane Karp asks for her passport in the California court in the USA to go to Belgium
This country is notorious for not agreeing to repatriate its citizens. The former first lady, like her husband, is charged with the alleged crime of money laundering in the ‘Ecoteva’ case.
U.S. Judge Thomas S. Hixson, a judge for the Northern District of California in UNITED STATES, will be responsible for adopting the corresponding measure. If the second scenario occurs, the ex-president will return to prison to continue his process of surrender to Peruvian justice.
Before a judgment is rendered, the public prosecutor Toledo Manrique He will present his arguments to the authorities to prevent his extradition. A few days ago, the lawyer introduced a new legal resource to stop the proceedings for seven days, but was granted a shorter term.
Eliane Karp must also be extradited to answer the Ecoteva case in court
The prosecution requested that Alejandro Toledo and his wife be sentenced to 16 years and 8 months in prison for money laundering.
The former party leader Possible Peru he could receive sentences of twenty years and six months in prison; and another of 16 years and eight months in prison for the cases Southern Interoceanic Highway sections 2 and 3; And ‘Ecoteva‘, respectively.
On the other hand, after the presentation of the lawyer’s reasons, the hearing where the situation of the former head of state will be assessed will be held on March 9 at ten o’clock in the morning.
Reactions to the extradition of Alejandro Toledo from the United States “Justice takes time, but it comes”
The United States gave the green light to the extradition last September, although the final decision was left to Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Toledo is accused of receiving millionaire bribes from Brazilian company Odebrecht
The government of UNITED STATES He pointed out that maintaining the freedom of the former president, in the current state of his situation, improperly grants the stay requested by his lawyer. This request has already been submitted up to two times.
“Because Toledo’s defense failed in this court, the Habeas Corpus Court, and before the Secretary of State, his flight risk increased. beyond the point of adequate attenuation by any release condition. Therefore, freedom should no longer be granted to Toledo,” it was stressed.
the senior prosecutor alfredo rebazahead of the Office for International Judicial Cooperation and Extraditions, argued a few days ago that there was still no deadline for Toledo to be delivered to Peru. He specified, in dialogue with the RPP, that it is necessary to wait until the authorities of the said country “confirm that this person is ready to be transferred”.
“We say this knowingly. There is no strict deadline there is no fixed term but by refining the work and the coordination between the two States, let’s hope it doesn’t last seven or eight weeks, let’s hope it’s even less,” he said.