extradite
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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
At the time of the indictments, Sheinbaum said Mexico wouldn’t extradite the men, as requested by the U.S., because no evidence had been submitted supporting the charges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
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Mexico long ago abolished capital punishment and typically extradites its citizens on the condition they are spared death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
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
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
Months later, once the extradition treaty went into force, McGovern was extradited to Dublin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
"They've never done nothing wrong. They shouldn't be extradited for crimes they didn't commit," McBride said.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
His fear was that a State Department representative might show up at the airport with a court order and try to have him extradited back to the United States to stand trial.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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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
"We have been contacted by the FBI, they are talking about extraditing him," the crowdfunding page read.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2023
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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