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Peru Expands Extradition Request for 'El Monstruo' from Paraguay for Multiple Crimes
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Peru Expands Extradition Request for 'El Monstruo' from Paraguay for Multiple Crimes

From La República · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Erick Luis Moreno Hernández, known as 'El Monstruo,' faces an expanded extradition request from Peru to Paraguay.
  • The request now includes charges of criminal organization, attempted homicide, and extortion, among other offenses.
  • This expansion is based on Peru's penal code and a 1997 extradition treaty between Peru and Paraguay.

Peru has officially expanded its extradition request for Erick Luis Moreno Hernández, also known as 'El Monstruo,' who is currently in Paraguay. The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Minjusdh) formalized the request, aiming to have Moreno Hernández transferred to Peru to face a criminal process.

The expanded request, published in the Official Gazette El Peruano, includes additional charges beyond the initial ones. These new offenses encompass criminal organization, attempted homicide, grievous bodily harm resulting in death, grievous bodily harm, and extortion, as defined by Peru's Penal Code.

This measure is supported by the Extradition Treaty between Peru and Paraguay, signed in 1997, and its 2001 Complementary Agreement. The process also adheres to Peru's Code of Criminal Procedure and relevant decrees.

The resolution was signed by President José María Balcázar, Minister of Justice and Human Rights Luis Jiménez, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Pareja, underscoring the inter-ministerial cooperation in pursuing the extradition.

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Originally published by La República in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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