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US judge approves extradition of former president Toledo

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San Francisco, Sep 28 (EFE).- A federal judge in the United States ruled Tuesday that Peruvian former President Alejandro Toledo can be extradited to his homeland to stand trial for corruption.Secretary of State Antony Blinken will have the final word on whether Toledo, 75, is to be turned over to Peruvian authorities. (Camera: EFE).SHOT LIST: AN EFE INTERVIEW WITH FORMER PERUVIAN PRESIDENT ALEJANDRO TOLEDO AND HIS LAWYER, ROBERTO SU.SOUND BITES: FORMER PERUVIAN PRESIDENT ALEJANDRO TOLEDO AND TOLEDO'S LAWYER, ROBERTO SU (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: 1. FORMER PERUVIAN PRESIDENT ALEJANDRO TOLEDO.- The next action for my defense here in the United States is that we are going to file a habeas corpus, which will go to the Northern California federal judge and then we will still have two additional instances.2. ALEJANDRO TOLEDO'S LAWYER, ROBERTO SU.- Reading the sentence is enough to realize that there are inconsistencies.- This decision was not made by the judge on today's hearing. It is a decision that had already been working on before. That's why they wrote a 30-page document.

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