Prosecutor Rafael Vela: We have been informed that Alejandro Toledo has “already been notified” of his extradition

chief prosecutor Rafael Velatask force coordinator Lava Jato, called the US State Department’s recent decision to extradite the former president “crucial”. Alexander Toledo under the procedure being applied for his return to Peru to stand trial in the Interoceanic case.

“After the best efforts of the entire judicial system, which requested extradition a few years ago (…) Now, with this decision, the materialization of his delivery will be allowed. This should be a matter of coordination between the Peruvian authorities. and North Americans, in principle, to keep Mr. Toledo available,” he said.

In an interview with RPP, Vela Barba clarified that under the North American system, the former president Alexander Toledo You must be notified of this procedure in order to be able to appear before the court, which would facilitate the entire procedure for your delivery. After that, only logistical coordination will remain.

“We expect that finally Mr. Toledo can be appropriately extradited in the next few days, as has been done by several institutions in the Peruvian state, so that Mr. Toledo will finally face justice,” he said.

“In principle, we were informed that Toledo had already been notified of the decision of the North American state (to transfer it) to Peruvian justice. (After this decision, he could appear) voluntarily to the North American authorities. so that, finally, later, after going through the administrative procedures, you can board the appropriate flight, ”he added.

On another occasion, Rafael Vela recalled that the extradition request in the Interoceánica case, which is being monitored by Alexander Toledo was filed by the public prosecutor Jose Domingo Perezwhich was ultimately upheld by a US judge who certified the extradition process and confirmed that the case “has been fully and exhaustively analyzed”.

“From this point of view, there is no longer any discussion about the arguments or even the defense strategies of Mr. Toledo. All these debates are settled, only the completion of the decision of the North American justice and authorities remains for the United States Department of State to transfer Mr. Toledo, ”he explained.

Extradition will not exceed eight weeks

On this matter, the senior prosecutor Alfredo Rebazathe head of the Department of International Judicial Cooperation and Extraditions of the Prosecutor’s Office, considered that the decision to extradite the ex-president Alexander Toledo means that there is a “firm decision” about his return to Peru.

“From here we have to wait for the United States authorities to confirm that this person is ready for transfer, and on this Peru confirms that there will be an environment, for sure Interpol and other officials who are going to implement this decision, that is, go there, arrange delivery and carry out transfer to the territory of Peru,” he added.

In a dialogue with the multi-platform RPP Noticias, the prosecutor clarified that after the North American authorities make a decision on the extradition of ex-president Alejandro Toledo, who currently has electronic shackles and is under surveillance, they will proceed with his arrest. and then Organize your translation.

“We understand that they will give you an opportunity by notifying you of the decision USAif he is extradited to surrender, and obviously we understand that if he does not surrender, then the state will have to comply with its decision to arrest him,” he explained.

Finally, he admitted that the defense Alexander Toledo may submit some appeal in its attempt to drag out the process; However, I point out that this is an extradition decision that has “already gone through all its stages”, with the expectation that “it will already be enforceable once agreed within the time it entails”.

“We hope it will be weeks (transfer process) and we say this with full knowledge of the facts. There is no strict deadline, there is no fixed deadline, but the debugging of work and coordination between states, we hope that this will not exceed seven or eight weeks, let’s hope that even less, ”he said.

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