President Javier Milei’s government has agreed to extradite businessman Federico Andrés ‘Fred’ Machado to face trial on criminal charges in the United States.
Machado, who faces drug-trafficking charges, is at the centre of a scandal over his ties to José Luis Espert, the ruling-party lawmaker who last weekend resigned his candidacy in the upcoming October 26 midterms.
Espert, a Milei ally who was La Libertad Avanza’s top candidate in the upcoming legislative elections, initially denied receiving US$200,000 from Machado, though he later backtracked on that stance.
Espert resigned
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