Overview

• Interpol informed the Neuquén federal court of a Nov. 5 departure, with some outlets reporting a Nov. 5–7 window for the handover.
• Machado is accused in Texas of cocaine distribution, money laundering and a fraud scheme tied to aircraft sales.
• He will fly on a commercial route from Ezeiza under U.S. custody, with seized phones and documents transferred and U.S. authorities covering costs.
• Machado remains detained at a Federal Police facility in Viedma and will be moved to Buenos Aires closer to the flight as officials monitor his condition.
• Argentina’s Supreme Court upheld extradition on the condition the U.S. credit nearly five years already served, and Cancillería’s Oct. 9 approval triggered a 30‑day deadline.