Overview
- The Council of Ministers approved a supreme resolution to formally ask Belgium to extradite César Hinostroza to face active bribery charges.
- The step follows recommendations by the Official Extraditions and Prisoner Transfer Commission and a ruling by the Supreme Court’s Permanent Criminal Chamber declaring the request procedurally sound.
- The extradition petition was initiated by the specialized preparatory court in Tumbes handling elements of the ‘Los Cuellos Blancos del Puerto’ corruption case.
- Hinostroza remains under a 36‑month preventive detention order with national and international arrest notices active in Peru.
- He fled Peru in 2018, Spain granted an extradition request in 2019 but he was not located, and reports placed him in Belgium in 2024 as the government underscores due process and anti‑corruption commitments.