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extradite

[ek-struh-dahyt] / ˈɛk strəˌdaɪt /


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It was later discovered that the defendant had fled to Latvia where efforts to extradite him started soon after he was named by police as a person of interest.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Following Rocha Moya’s indictment, Washington demanded that Mexico arrest the governor and extradite him to the United States.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

The decision on whether to extradite the brothers to the UK will ultimately be up to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, after it is first considered by US courts.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

While Sharaa praised Russia's "historic role" in Syria and the region, Damascus has repeatedly demanded that it extradite Assad, who has been sheltering in Moscow with his wife since his ouster.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

It had also been a year since the governor of Pennsylvania had agreed to extradite Wes to his home state of Maryland to await trial.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

It would be a shame if the UK becomes a party to this travesty of justice and extradites Alexander back to Bucharest.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 9, 2018

He had been safe in Paris, because he had a French passport and France rarely extradites its own citizens.

From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2016

No announcement has yet been made, and a Justice Department official said Monday that no decision had been reached on where Guzman would be sent once Mexico actually extradites him.

From US News ● Jan. 12, 2016

Mexico regularly extradites leading traffickers but the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto resisted handing over Guzman after his Feb. 2014 arrest as a point of national pride.

From Reuters ● Jan. 11, 2016

Rubio said he hoped that the Mexican government extradites Guzman to the United States.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2016

He was extradited on an international arrest warrant.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Not long after Oxford’s confession, authorities tracked down Travis, who was in jail for an unrelated warrant in Boulder, Colorado, and had him extradited to Oklahoma.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Prosecutors charge Zhuravlyov worked closely with Sergiy Kuznetsov, another Ukrainian man who was arrested in Italy last year before being extradited to Germany.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

He left the state for California, where he was arrested and extradited back to Washington.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Years later he was extradited to Serbia and put into Belgrade Central Prison to face charges of embezzlement.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Instead, he asked the Texas secretary of state to consider whether Castro was a fugitive, and he refused to reach a decision on extraditing him until that question was answered.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

Sheinbaum responded to the indictments by requesting the US provide "irrefutable" evidence against Rocha Moya before potentially extraditing him.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

In June this year, Brazilian authorities issued an extradition request to Argentina seeking help in extraditing more than 140 prosecuted rioters.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2024

Bovey argued that extraditing Rossi would be a “flagrant breach” of his human rights.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2023

It was, however, only when the alleged crime was recent and followed up promptly that the rigid rule of extraditing slaves accused of crime was applied.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 by Various




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