US court suspends extradition of Alejandro Toledo for 14 days

California Court, USAgranting a request requested this Thursday by Alejandro Toledo to suspend for 14 days the extradition approved by US justice of the former President of Peru, who is being investigated for accepting millions in bribes from Brazilian construction companies during his rule between 2001 and 2006.

Peruvian journalist Liliana Michelena who is following the case Toledo V USAshared on his social networks the document of the United States Ninth Appellate Circuit, with which he satisfies the emergency petition submitted by the former President of Peru.

“A previous court order that denied the stay of extradition has been put on hold for 14 days to allow ATM to present a full revised decision to the court,” the journalist tweeted.

Michelena also points out that in the appeal filed with the court, Toledo requested that the arrest warrant issued against him by Judge Thomas Hickson for this Friday, April 7, be cancelled, which remains in effect until a decision is made after the decision on the appeals. . scheme.

14 days to support the appeal

This was stated by criminal lawyer Andy Carrion. RPP News that emergency traffic Toledo It was passed by the North American District so that, within 14 days, the defense of the former President could support “the appeal for reconsideration which he had timely submitted to the authorities of North America”.

“It means that judges under the North American system expect her to uphold this challenge, that is, the reconsideration appeal, so that it is finally evaluated by the authorities,” he said.

However, the criminal defense lawyer qualified the concession as Toledo as a “temporary victory” for the former president, who is under investigation for corruption, and pointed out that this does not mean that his extradition has been suspended. “Just so that they reconsider the appeal that he previously submitted,” he stressed.

“Basically, he has these 14 days to indicate the reasons why he believes that he should not be extradited to Peru and why this procedure should be suspended.
The authorities have given him 14 days to do it thoroughly, and, in fact, the judges are finally assessing whether he has any legal grounds so that he can finally rule on this appeal, ”Carrión explained.

Carrión noted that although the extradition process Toledothis is the period during which the defense of the former president will have to support his appeal, and this does not mean that the reaction of the judges to these arguments will be immediate.

However, the lawyer considered that “taking into account the previous decisions on numerous appeals that the former president of Toledo presented”, the decision should be unfavorable to the interests of the former president.

Appeal submitted by Toledo

Hours after the deadline set by Judge Thomas Hickson to surrender to justice, former President Alejandro Toledo asked a California court to halt extradition to Peru for 14 days, according to a document released Thursday by the newspaper. Peru 21.

Alvaro Reyes, a journalist for the aforementioned newspaper, told RPP Noticias that Jody Linker, the former president’s public defender, argued that this “emergency petition” was made so that he would have time to request a reconsideration with new arguments and for a California court to make a decision. granted or not.

“It’s a crushing slap in the face because he’s hours away from giving up. The fact that this request has been filed does not mean that the execution of his arrest is suspended,” Reyes said in a statement. Things as they are.