Peru ex-minister arrested in Florida for extradition to Lima

Federal agents in Florida today took Augusto Blacker, Peru’s former minister of Foreign Affairs, into custody and are holding him at a facility south of Miami, pending extradition to Lima. Blacker, who is held in contempt of court by Peru’s Supreme Court, was accused with other former cabinet ministers of aiding and abetting the “self-coup” led [...]

American citizen to be extradited to Peru for killing wife and dumping body at sea

William Trickett Smith, a U.S. citizen suspected of killing and then dumping his Peruvian wife’s body in a suitcase, will be extradited to Peru to stand trial, daily El Comercio reported. Pennsylvania Federal Court Judge J. Andrew Smyser ruled Tuesday that there was sufficient evidence to allow Smith’s extradition to Peru, where he is suspected [...]