Bolivian Attorney General Announces U.S. State Department Has Processed An Extradition Request for Former President Sanchez de Lozada

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Friday, February 19, 2016

Author:

Bruce Zagaris

Volume:

32

Issue:

2

Abstract:

On February 16, 2016, Bolivian Attorney General José Manuel Gutiérrez announced that the U.S. has accepted the extradition request for former Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (2002-2004) and has sent the documents to the U.S. Justice Department to evaluate them. The extradition request charges the former president with genocide for a massacre in October 2003.