The Supreme Court Enabled Fred Machado to Be Extradited to the United States and Now Defines the Government
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The Supreme Court of Justice allowed Fred Machado to be extradited to the United States, where he was investigated for drug laundering and fraud.The Argentine businessman, arrested since 2021 in Viedma, was once again at the center of the controversy over his ties with José Luis Espert.
This is the businessman accused of drug trafficking who confessed to having financed Espert in 2019. The highest court rejected the defense’s arguments. From now on, the final decision on the extradition process lies with the executive branch.
The government complied with the court’s measure to extradite the businessman to the United States and was transferred to the court. Hours earlier, he spoke in the media. He confirmed that he financed Espert, and left several loose ends. The government confirmed this Tuesday afternoon through a statement that will extradite Federico Fred Machado to the United States, after the Supreme Court enabled that process in the case that has him as the ma…
From his residence in Viedma, Federico “Fred” Machado made public his version of the relationship with José Luis Espert. There he described as “error” having denied ties that now compromise him judicially. Fred Machado decided to leave the silence and acknowledged that it was a “error” to publicly deny certain links with José Luis Espert, when the accusations began to grow. His message, spread from his home in Viedma under house arrest, marks a …


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Argentine businessman Federico Fred Machado was arrested on Monday by the Federal Police at his home in Viedma, in the province of Río Negro, to begin the extradition process to the United States, where he will be tried for crimes related to drug trafficking and fraud. According to police sources, Federal Police officers entered the employer’s home, located at kilometer 20 of Provincial Route No. 1, which connects the rionegrina capital with the…
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