BREAKING: The main suspect in Natalee Holloway's disappearance has arrived in the U.S. after being extradited from Peru.
, Joran van der Sloot, has arrived in the United States to face charges of extortion and wire fraud related to promises he allegedly made to Holloway's family about leading authorities to her body. Van der Sloot was transferred to U.S. law enforcement custody in Lima, Peru, Thursday morning and a plane departed at 9 a.m. Eastern carrying him to Birmingham, Alabama.
Dutch national Joran Van der Sloot is transferred in a police car from the Ancon I jail in Lima, Peru, to be handed over temporarily to U.S. custody, June 8, 2023.Van der Sloot was indicted in the U.S. on extortion and wire fraud charges in 2010 in connection with an offer he allegedly made to sell information about the whereabouts of Holloway's remains to her mother, Beth, for $250,000.
is allowed so a suspect can face trial in the other country, and Van der Sloot will remain in the U.S. until the end of the American criminal proceedings, including any potential appeal, The Associated Press reported. He is then expected to be returned to Peru to complete his sentence. Peru's Ambassador to the U.S., Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, said he hoped Van der Sloot's temporary extradition would,"enable a process that will help to bring peace to Mrs. Holloway and to her family, who are grieving in the same way that the Flores family in Peru is grieving for the loss of their daughter, Stephany."
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