US judge denies Peruvian ex-president Toledo's bid to block extradition

FILE PHOTO: Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo and his wife Eliane Karp arrives to the 2015 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in Lima, Peru, October 8, 2015. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge in Washington on Thursday denied former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo's bid to block his extradition to Peru, where he faces corruption charges.

His lawyers had filed for an emergency stay earlier in the day to block his extradition, which was planned for Friday.