A prison “incident' in Peru has prevented Joran van der Sloot’s lawyer from speaking with him for nearly a week as he faces extradition to the United States.
Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance and presumed murder of Alabama 18-year-old Natalee Holloway, will be extradited to the U.S. to stand trial on charges that he allegedly extorted her mother.A prison"incident" at a mountaintop penitentiary in Peru has prevented Joran van der Sloot’s lawyer from speaking with him for nearly a week after news broke he would be extradited to the U.S. to face federal charges.
As a result, Altez said he had not spoken with van der Sloot yet, and without the official go-ahead from his client, has not filed a habeas corpus petition that could"paralyze" his pending extradition to the United States on federal extortion charges.in Aruba.
While van der Sloot previously said publicly that he would fight any move to send him to the U.S., Altez told Fox News Digital that his client’s family believes that he would be better off jailed in Alabama than Peru’s strictest maximum security prison."The Challapalca prison is the worst prison in the world", Altez told Fox News Digital previously."Joran is in hell. He would go to a hell that is more comfortable.
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