The lawyer for the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of Mountain Brook High School graduate Natalee Holloway on Monday said his client has changed his mind and plans to challenge his extradition to the United States.
Defense attorney Máximo Altez announced the decision of Dutchman Joran van der Sloot just hours after the Peruvian government confirmed the extradition would take place Thursday. Altez said van der Sloot reversed course following a meeting with Dutch diplomats.
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“He does not want to be extradited to the United States of America,” Altez said, adding that he intended to file a writ of habeas corpus. “He was visited today by his embassy (representatives) who made him see the mistake he was making by being extradited without due process.”
The attorney said van der Sloot was never notified of an open extradition process, and as a result, was not able to challenge it. Less than a week ago, Altez had…
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