Peru extradites Dutch murderer in case of missing Alabama teen

Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot, who was serving a 28-year sentence in Peru after confessing to killing a 21-year-old Peruvian woman, is escorted to the airport to be extradited to the U.S., to face charges of extortion and wire fraud against the family of Natalee Holloway, in a case linked to his alleged involvement in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005, in Lima, Peru June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda

LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police on Thursday began the process of transferring a convicted Dutch murderer to the United States, where he faces extortion and fraud charges related to the disappearance of an Alabama teenager presumed killed nearly two decades ago.

Joran Van der Sloot, a Dutch national from the Caribbean island of Aruba, was escorted from a Lima prison to a Peruvian Air Force base where he was handed over to agents of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), local television showed.