Overview

• Argentine authorities confirmed Machado will be handed over to the United States on November 5 after final court and executive approvals.
• Interpol notified the Federal Justice of Neuquén to coordinate the final steps, with the handoff set to depart from Ezeiza on a commercial flight.
• Machado remains in Federal Police custody in Viedma pending transfer to U.S. authorities in Texas.
• He faces U.S. charges tied to alleged fraud in airplane sales, money laundering and narcotrafficking, and a business partner in the case was sentenced last year to 16 years.
• From detention, Machado issued unverified accusations involving Patricia Bullrich, José Luis Espert and Alberto Weretilneck, while an Argentine probe separately examines a $200,000 transfer to Espert and his 2019 use of Machado’s aircraft; he continues to deny any link to drugs.