Peru's Attorney General Pablo Sanchez talks to the press during a news conference in Lima, Peru, July 4, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian prosecutors are waiting for a local judge to sign off on a second arrest warrant for the country's former President Alejandro Toledo that they believe will help persuade the United States to detain and extradite him, a lead prosecutor on the case said Tuesday.
A Peruvian judge in February had ordered Toledo to be jailed for 18 months while prosecutors prepare corruption charges against him. But the United States declined to detain him immediately when Peruvian authorities said he was in California, prompting the South American nation to refile its request.
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