US EditionArgentina’s Political Turmoil Intensifies Amid Extradition Drama
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Argentina’s Political Turmoil Intensifies Amid Extradition Drama
Argentina's Supreme Court approved the extradition of businessman Fred Machado to the U.S. over charges of drug trafficking and money laundering, affecting President Javier Milei's ally and destabilizing his political landscape amid crucial economic negotiations and upcoming midterm elections.
He announced it through a statement. The businessman is in prison accused of drug trafficking and admitted to funding Espert’s campaign in 2019.
The highest court confirmed the ruling of the judge of Neuquén that he had ratified that there were no obstacles to handing over the businessman, who today gave details of how he financed Espert’s 2019 campaign
The Executive Branch confirmed that it will extradite Argentine businessman Federico “Fred” Machado to the United States, after the Supreme Court enabled the judicial process that points him to be presumed responsible for an international drug trafficking and money laundering network.
The national government announced that it has begun to carry out the administrative and diplomatic steps necessary to complete the extradition of businessman Federico ‘Fred’ Machado to the United States. The measure comes as a direct result of the recent ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice, which declared the process of handing over the accused to the United States justice. Through an official communiqué, the Presidency framed the decision in…
The government considered the extradition to the United States of the businessman accused of drug trafficking and illegal financing of the campaign of José Luis Espert in 2019.
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