Overview
- Judge Clara Ruiz Díaz granted Peru’s request to extradite Erick Luis Moreno Hernández, alias “El Monstruo,” who is wanted on charges including homicide, contract killing, extortion and aggravated robbery.
- The court applied the principle of specialty, limiting any prosecution to the offenses listed in the request and prohibiting transfer to a third country without Paraguay’s consent.
- Paraguayan authorities notified the Supreme Court, Peru’s foreign ministry, the National Police and Interpol, and Peru must submit a travel itinerary and names of escort personnel before the handover.
- The defense has five days to appeal the decision, and Moreno remains in Emboscada maximum-security prison while judicial and diplomatic steps proceed.
- Moreno was arrested in September in San Lorenzo near Asunción after coordinated intelligence operations, and his mother was separately placed in Lima’s Chorrillos women’s facility under a prior court measure.