Overview
- Mexico’s Foreign Ministry sent Portugal a formal request to detain Simón Levy for extradition and delivered the judicial case file on October 30, in line with treaty deadlines reported at about 40 days.
- Interpol and Portuguese notifications state Levy was provisionally detained in Lisbon on October 28 and appeared before the Tribunal of Appeal on October 29 before being released under a Termo de Identidade e Residência.
- The judicial measures bar Levy from leaving Lisbon or Portugal while authorities verify his nationality and assess the extradition, and he has declared opposition to being surrendered.
- Levy publicly claims he is in the United States and not detained, but journalists and lawyers matched his interview backdrop to the River Lounge at Lisbon’s Hotel Myriad, contradicting his account.
- Mexican prosecutors cite active cases for damage to property, threats, and environmental/building offenses; the CDMX attorney general later said he faces six arrest warrants after missing multiple hearings.