US EditionJustice of Paraguay Began the Process of Extradition of Edgardo Kueider to Argentina
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Buenos Aires, 29 Jul (EFE).- On Tuesday, Argentina ordered the extradition of former Argentine senator Edgardo Kueider and his secretary, Iara Guinsel Costa, under house arrest in Asunción after being arrested in December 2024 for attempting to enter Paraguay with more than $200,000 without declaring. The measure was immediately executed by the Paraguayan Police.
The former Entrerrian senator and his secretary, Iara Guinsel, were under house arrest, and the local police searched for them this morning where they were being held. They were transferred to Interpol headquarters.
The operation took place this Tuesday morning. His secretary Iara Guinsel, with whom he was in house arrest in Asunción, was also arrested.
The measure responds to a request by federal judge Sandra Arroyo Salgado, who investigates him for money laundering; the former senator served house arrest in Asunción
It was requested by Judge Humberto Otazú, after accepting the prosecutors’ request against the former Argentine senator and Iara Guinsel. Both refused to be extradited. Read more
Edgardo Kueider will face an oral and public trial in Paraguay for the crime of attempted smuggling. The decision was taken on Wednesday by Judge Humberto Otazú, following a preliminary hearing in the Economic Crimes Court of Asunción, which rejected the requests for nullity and exclusion of evidence presented by the defense of the former Inter-Rian legislator. During the hearing, which began around 9 a.m. and ended before 11 a.m., Kueider and I…
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