Peru

The Supreme Court of Argentina reversed a lower-court judgment refusing the requested person’s extradition to Peru for prosecution for attempted aggravated robbery. It held that the reasonable length of the foreign proceedings had to be assessed within the applicable Peruvian limitation regime and that, although the ordinary twenty-year limitation period had expired, the extraordinary thirty-year period remained in force and therefore did not bar extradition. The Court further held that the existence of a minor child, family reunification, family circumstances and the requested person’s social integration in Argentina are not grounds for refusing extradition at the judicial stage, although the best interests of the child must be taken into account by the authorities involved and those circumstances may be considered by the Executive when making the final decision on surrender. The Court also directed that Peru be informed of the period of detention served by the requested person during the extradition proceedings so that the foreign authorities could consider crediting that period in the underlying criminal proceedings.