Peru Temporarily Extradites Van der Sloot to the U.S. on Extortion and Wire Fraud Charges

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Friday, June 16, 2023
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
39
Issue: 
6
Abstract: 

On June 8, 2023, Peru extradited Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway to the United States to face charges that he tried to extort money from the mother of the missing daughter.  Van der Sloot arrived in an FBI-operated plane at Shuttlesworth Airport in Birmingham, Alabama.[1]



[1]    Associated Press, Suspect in Holloway case arrives in U.S., Wash. Post, June 9, 2023, at A2, col.2.