Overview

• Federal authorities in Mendoza are in the evidence-offering stage and will set the hearing date in the coming days to decide on Chile’s extradition request for Enzo Falaschi and Matías Morales.
• Police detained the two men last week on an international warrant issued by Santiago’s Cuarto Juzgado de Garantías, and they remain in Unidad 32 with a transfer ordered to the federal prison in Cacheuta.
• The proceeding before substitute Judge Leopoldo Rago Gallo will assess treaty and legal requisites only, and any ruling can be appealed to Argentina’s Supreme Court.
• Defense teams formally rejected extradition, argue Chile has not sent the full case file, say the players were unaware of the process, and raise safety and reciprocity objections.
• The accusations stem from an August 2023 night in Vitacura after which two Chilean hockey players reported non-consensual sex, while the defendants claim consent; Falaschi previously faced a 2016–2017 case in Mendoza that was dismissed in 2018.