a judge United States of America This Wednesday, Peru’s former president ordered the arrest of Alejandro Toledo to pursue his extradition to Peru. Judge Thomas Hixon of the Northern District of California issued an order today revoking the former president’s bail and asking him to surrender to authorities in San Francisco at 9:00 am on Friday, April 7.
Previously, a Court Denies Toledo’s appeal, which he intended to delay the process He is awaiting extradition to his country, where he is on trial for corruption and influence trafficking. A week ago, a US court dismissed a case against the US State Department alleging violations of the Fifth Amendment — no one can be deprived of their life, liberty, or property without due legal due process — in the processing of the extradition requested by Peruvian authorities for “deficiency” procedural guarantees”.
Following his appeal, he once again denied the request for justice, as detailed in his report compiled by the Peruvian RPP portal: “Toledo has demonstrated the existence of irreparable damage, but did not show the possibility of financial success, or the public interest favors suspension. Therefore, we refuse to grant a suspension. . Suspension request denied.”
Peruvian authorities claim that Toledo took bribes from the construction company Odebrecht in exchange for damaging the company. He was chosen for the tender for the works of the Interoceanic highway, but he refuses to do so. While the prosecutor’s office requested a total of 55 years in prison, in the Ecoteva case, he demanded 16 years and 8 months for money laundering.