Key takeaways:
- Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American Natalee Holloway, has been transferred to the United States to face charges of extortion and wire fraud.
- Van der Sloot was taken from the Piedras Gordas prison in Peru to the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Callao, Peru, where he was handed over to U.S. authorities.
- The U.S. Department of Justice has not yet released details of the charges against Van der Sloot, and it is unclear what, if any, information he may have provided about Holloway’s disappearance.
Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American Natalee Holloway, has been transferred to the United States to face charges of extortion and wire fraud related to promises he allegedly made to Holloway’s family.
Van der Sloot, a Dutch national, was taken from the Piedras Gordas prison in Peru to the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Callao, Peru, where he was handed over to U.S. authorities. He was then flown to the United States.
Holloway was 18 when she went missing during a high school senior trip to the Caribbean island nation of Aruba, where Van der Sloot lived. Her disappearance 18 years ago has long vexed authorities in Aruba and the United States.
Van der Sloot was sentenced to 28 years in prison in Peru for the killing of another woman in 2010. He had completed less than half of his sentence before the transfer.
The U.S. Department of Justice has not yet released details of the charges against Van der Sloot. It is unclear what, if any, information he may have provided about Holloway’s disappearance.
Be First to Comment