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Argentina’s Supreme Court Nears Ruling on U.S. Extradition of Fred Machado

A court approval would send the case to President Javier Milei’s government for a final administrative decision.

Gentileza del Diario de Río de Negro. Federico Machado, primero de izquierda a derecha en la presentación del libro de Espert. En 2019. El primero de derecha a izquierda es su primo Claudio Cicarelli, que puso una camioneta para la campaña del economista y candidato a diputado por la Libertad Avanza.
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Overview

  • Sources inside the court report that a decision on the U.S. request to extradite Federico “Fred” Machado could be issued soon after the case was returned to the justices late last week.
  • U.S. authorities confirmed to Argentina in August that the Texas indictment remains active and that their interest in Machado’s extradition is unchanged.
  • Machado remains under court‑supervised house arrest near Viedma with an electronic monitor and medical and visitation conditions imposed by Judge Gustavo Villanueva.
  • Prosecutors in the U.S. accuse him of cocaine trafficking, money laundering and a large aircraft fraud scheme, and his former associate Debra Mercer Erwin has already been sentenced to 16 years for related crimes.
  • Machado’s defense challenges the narcotrafficking allegations, cites purported plea developments in the U.S., and pursues refugee‑status litigation, while Argentine investigations scrutinize his documented flights and $200,000 transfer linked to politician José Luis Espert.