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Peru: Extradition of Toledo, Karp declared admissible by Supreme Court

17:18 | Lima, Mar. 5.

The active extradition of former President Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006) and former First Lady Eliane Karp —requested to the United States over the Ecoteva Case— was recently declared admissible by the Peruvian Supreme Court's Permanent Criminal Chamber.

The court was composed of Judges Cesar San Martin, Hugo Principe, Jorge Castañeda, Ivan Sequeiros, and Erazmo Coaguila.

In a hearing held on February 26, the chamber assessed whether or not the request for extradition of the ex-President of Peru and his wife —over the Ecoteva case— would be declared admissible.

On that day, Judge Cesar San Martin heard the arguments of the technical defense of the citizens involved, as well as those of the Public Ministry and the Ad Hoc State-Attorney's Office.


That money allegedly served to establish offshore companies in Costa Rica. Among them was the Ecoteva Consulting Group, owned by Toledo's mother-in-law Eva Fernenbug.

In 2013, Ecoteva acquired a property in Lima valued at US$3.8 million in the exclusive Las Casuarinas neighborhood and an office in the Omega building valued at $882,000.

It also paid off the mortgages on Alejandro Toledo's homes in the capital city's upper-class Camacho neighborhood (US$217,000) and in Tumbes region's Punta Sal beach area (US$ 277,000).

Toledo in jail

Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Wednesday definitely rejected the request to release Toledo on bail —which was made by his defense— so he will remain in San Mateo County's Maguire Jail pending extradition.


He has spent the last three years fugitive from Peruvian Justice in the U.S. Before being detained and sent to jail, he used to reside with his wife in Menlo Park, near San Francisco (California).

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Published: 3/5/2020