Rafael Vela: Alejandro Toledo ‘refuses to voluntarily surrender’ after being notified of his extradition

chief prosecutor Rafael Velatask force coordinator Lava Jato, called it good news for the Peruvian justice system that the United States authorities demanded that the former president’s house arrest be changed. Alexander Toledo for arrest after his extradition to Peru was granted.

The Society claims that Alexander Toledo be held accountable for the serious allegations against him of money laundering, conspiracy, influence peddling, and what of the decision of the United States government for us is the circumstance of reviewing the work that the prosecutor’s office Jose Domingo Perez”, he pointed out.

In an interview with RPP Noticias, the prosecutor elaborated that after the former president was notified of his extradition, there was a “first requirement” for him to voluntarily surrender to justice in the United States; However, he pointed out that the ex-president, after contact with the North American authorities, “decided not to stand up for himself.”

“He decided rather to question the decision of the US government in the sense that the habeas corpus appeal against Judge Thomas Hickson would still be filed. Thus, in this argument, he refuses to surrender voluntarily. This determined that the US authorities are asking the judge to cancel the measure of house arrest and bail he had and proceed with his arrest for delivery,” he said.

Vela Barba clarified that this is a requirement for Alexander Toledo to be arrested, still awaiting the decision of the judge himself Thomas Hickson at a hearing scheduled for March 9. Despite this, the prosecutor hoped that this application would be rejected, as it would be considered by the judge who authorized the extradition.

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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