Overview
- Federal police moved Machado from Viedma to Buenos Aires, where he is being held in a PFA facility awaiting handover to U.S. Marshals.
- He is scheduled to depart Ezeiza on Wednesday, November 5, on United Airlines flight UA 997 at 22:05 under a joint PFA–U.S. Marshals security operation.
- U.S. prosecutors plan to try him in Texas on narcotrafficking, money laundering and fraud charges, with two associates already convicted to 16 and 5 years.
- A judge revoked his house arrest on October 8 over monitoring breaches and other irregularities, and the Supreme Court authorized extradition on October 14 with the executive decree signed the same day.
- Reporting links him to José Luis Espert through a $200,000 transfer and use of his aircraft, prompting Espert to drop his candidacy and take leave, while Machado denies the accusations and claims political persecution.