Ricardo Martinelli Linares' extradition hearing will be on Friday, July 10
Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Linares, detained since last Monday in Guatemala, will have his extradition hearing to the United States next Friday, July 10, at 11:00 am, Panama time.
This was reported this Wednesday by the Third Court of Criminal Sentence in Guatemala City.
The date for the extradition hearing of his brother Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares, also captured in Guatemala, at the request of the United States, who requests the extradition of the two sons of former President Ricardo Martinelli for alleged money laundering charges, has not yet been set.
The United States has between 40 and 90 days to support Guatemala's extradition request; meanwhile, the Martinelli Linares brothers will remain in an isolated area of the Mariscal Zavala military prison.
Their lawyers allege that both are alternate deputies of the Central American Parliament (Parlacen), and therefore enjoy diplomatic immunity. The regional body has not formally ruled in this regard, but its vice president Gilberto Sucari reported that Ricardo Alberto and Luis Enrique have not been sworn in.
Ricardo Alberto and Luis Enrique were carrying passports from Parlacen, when they were captured at La Aurora airport last Monday, where they intended to board a private plane to Panama. They also carried ordinary Panamanian passports, four cell phones, and large amounts of cash in dollars, euros, and other currencies.
The Panama Passport Authority (APAP) indicated this Wednesday that the ordinary passports of both were renewed at the beginning of the year, at the Panama Consulate in Miami. They do not have diplomatic passports issued by the Republic of Panama, says the APAP note.
If the Guatemalan courts consider that the extradition request meets the requirements, delivery will be granted.
According to the indictment, filed by Special Agent Michael Lewandowski of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), before the Eastern District Court of New York, Ricardo Alberto and Luis Enrique allegedly participated as 'intermediaries' in bribe payments of $28 million, in the Odebrecht case.
The money would have benefited a Panamanian public servant, whose name is not listed at the moment in the US indictment, but who is described as 'an officer with a very high position in the Panamanian government' between 2009 and 2014 - a period that corresponds to their father's presidency - and, in addition, is a 'close relative' of the two accused.
The date for the extradition hearing of his brother Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares, also captured in Guatemala, at the request of the United States, who requests the extradition of the two sons of former President Ricardo Martinelli for alleged money laundering charges, has not yet been set.
The United States has between 40 and 90 days to support Guatemala's extradition request; meanwhile, the Martinelli Linares brothers will remain in an isolated area of the Mariscal Zavala military prison.
Their lawyers allege that both are alternate deputies of the Central American Parliament (Parlacen), and therefore enjoy diplomatic immunity. The regional body has not formally ruled in this regard, but its vice president Gilberto Sucari reported that Ricardo Alberto and Luis Enrique have not been sworn in.
Ricardo Alberto and Luis Enrique were carrying passports from Parlacen, when they were captured at La Aurora airport last Monday, where they intended to board a private plane to Panama. They also carried ordinary Panamanian passports, four cell phones, and large amounts of cash in dollars, euros, and other currencies.
The Panama Passport Authority (APAP) indicated this Wednesday that the ordinary passports of both were renewed at the beginning of the year, at the Panama Consulate in Miami. They do not have diplomatic passports issued by the Republic of Panama, says the APAP note.
If the Guatemalan courts consider that the extradition request meets the requirements, delivery will be granted.
According to the indictment, filed by Special Agent Michael Lewandowski of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), before the Eastern District Court of New York, Ricardo Alberto and Luis Enrique allegedly participated as 'intermediaries' in bribe payments of $28 million, in the Odebrecht case.
The money would have benefited a Panamanian public servant, whose name is not listed at the moment in the US indictment, but who is described as 'an officer with a very high position in the Panamanian government' between 2009 and 2014 - a period that corresponds to their father's presidency - and, in addition, is a 'close relative' of the two accused.