The government of UNITED STATES asked the justice of this country on Wednesday to revoke the bail of the former president Alejandro Toledo finalize the extradition approved the day before by the Department of State.
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According to the prosecution, the former Peruvian president and husband of Eliane Karp received $31 million in bribes from the Brazilian construction company.
A resolution sent to the judge Thomas S. Hixsonof the Northern District of California Court, says Toledo “must be detained so the government can turn him over to Peruvian authorities.”
The “pretrial detention is necessary” to carry out the order of the Secretary of State Antony Blinken despite the fact that there are no legal obstacles to delivery to the Peruvian authorities, indicates the document published by Trade.
“The United States, on behalf of and through the undersigned attorneys, hereby renews its request for the provisional detention of Alejandro Toledo Manrique so that the United States may henceforth implement the decision of the United States Secretary of State this week to hand Toledo over to Peru,” the court document read.
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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.
The hearing to assess whether the former president is detained will be held on March 9 at 10:00 a.m. by order of the magistrate.
Development.