Alejandro Toledo: US Department of Justice Requests New Arrest Warrant to Continue Extradition

RPP sources were able to learn that the US Department of Justice has requested a new arrest warrant for the former president. Alexander Toledo and thus proceed with his extradition. Judge Thomas Hickson is expected to rule on the matter very soon.

This request is made because the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied Toledo Manrique’s requests for a new hearing.

It should be remembered that a few days ago the lawyer Alexander Toledo asked the Ninth Circuit of Appeals to temporarily suspend this procedure to allow time for a retrial, as part of its legal strategy to try to delay his extradition to Peru.

A document published by journalist Liliana Michelena notes that judicial protection Alexander Toledo asks for a prosecution procedure that requires an extradition treaty between both countries.

The information also recalls that in a hearing in March last year before this court of the same court, the judge interpreted this petition as ambiguous.

As a result, the criminal defense attorney Andy Carrion explained that the decision of the prosecution, announced by the lawyer for Alexander Toledo seeks to extend the time limit to 21 days so that he can uphold the alleged claim under the extradition treaty, in addition to discussing the merits of reviewing the mandate issued by the United States court.

In other words, since there is still no litigation in Peru, we are not even at the initial stage of litigation, so it would not be possible to achieve the sufficiency required by the extradition treaty, and therefore it would not be possible to extradite in time Alexander Toledo to our country,” he explained to RPP Noticias.

“This discussion has already taken place in 2020. On this occasion, what was put forward by the defense of the now extraditable Alexander Toledo that at that time there was no accusation, that is, since the stage of the investigation was not yet so advanced, then this accusation was insufficient, which was rejected at that time; However, as Alexander Toledo we are used to, it would be another delayed resource,” he added.

US court postpones extradition

As you know, a few weeks ago a California court USAgranted Alejandro Toledo’s request for a 14-day stay of a US court-approved extradition for the former president of Peru, who is under investigation for accepting millions in bribes from Brazilian construction companies during his rule between 2001 and 2006.

Peruvian journalist Liliana Michelenawho follows 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.

Michelena also indicated that in the appeal filed with the court, Toledo requested that the warrant for his arrest issued by the judge be cancelled. Thomas Hickson dated April 7, which was still in effect until a decision was made after the decision of the appellate court.

On this matter, criminal defense attorney Andy Carrion told RPP Noticias that the emergency petition 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.”

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