Buenos Aires, February 10 (NA) – The Supreme Court confirmed on Tuesday the extradition of citizens sought by various foreign justice systems and detained in Argentina. Among them are individuals accused of multimillion-dollar robberies, drug trafficking, and sexual offenses. With the signatures of judges Horacio Rosatti, Carlos Rosenkrantz, and Ricardo Lorenzetti, the highest court analyzed the defense's appeals and approved the international extraditions, acting as a reviewing tribunal. However, the final decision rests with the Executive Branch, as reported by the Argentine News Agency. Among the cases is that of Wlodzimierz Skrowronski, sought by Poland to serve a four-year prison sentence for drug and psychotropic substance trafficking, and that of Begic Zvjezdan, from Montenegro, who was convicted in absentia in Italy to 15 years in prison for a 2005 jewelry heist in Saint Tropez. Zvjezdan was arrested in 2021 in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Núñez, where he lived with his family under a false identity, and was also wanted by the Italian justice system. The Court also ratified the extradition of Miguel Ángel Vega Vargas, sought by Peru for the sexual abuse of a minor that occurred in 2003, and that of Sergio Rubén Vera, a Paraguayan national, sought for sexual coercion, rape, and child abuse. The extraditions of Edison Ademir Araujo Guzman, sought by Peru for aggravated robbery; Mario Eduardo Castro Lanfranco, sought for drug trafficking; and Thonny Alexander Cueva Valderrama, accused of failure to provide family support for failing to meet alimony payments were also confirmed. The ruling also included the case of a woman sought by Bolivia for kidnapping, abduction, and murder, in a case linked to an accomplice who has already been extradited.
