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Joran van der Sloot arrives in the US
FBI agents board the plane with Joran van der Sloot in Birmingham, Alabama, Thursday, June 8, 2023. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital)
Joran van der Sloot will be arraigned Friday morning at 11 a.m. in a federal courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, on charges of racketeering related to the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.
Van der Sloot arrived in Birmingham on Thursday afternoon after flying with Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on a Justice Department jet departing from Lima, Peru.
Van der Sloot is the prime suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba in May 2005 during a senior trip to Mountain Brook High School, Alabama.
The Dutch national is now facing charges of racketeering and wire fraud in the US after allegedly attempting to sell Beth Holloway, Natalee’s mother, information about the location of her daughter’s body.
NATALEE HOLLOWAY SUSPECTED JORAN VAN DER SLOT APPROVES US TO COST SUCTION AND WIRE FRAUD
Dutchman Joran van der Sloot is driven in a police vehicle from the maximum security prison Ancon I, a suburb of Lima, Peru, on Thursday, June 8, 2023. The prime suspect in the unsolved disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway in 2005 in the Caribbean Aruba is expected to be extradited from Peru to the United States on Thursday. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
The Hugo L. Black United States Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama on Thursday, May 11, 2023. Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch man suspected of the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, will be extradited from Peru for racketeering and wire fraud charges here in connection with a quarter-million dollar plot against Holloway’s mother. (Dana Mixer for Fox News Digital)
Federal prosecutors say Van der Sloot asked for $250,000 – $25,000 upfront for the information, with the remainder to be paid when Natalee Holloway’s body was positively identified.
However, Van der Sloot lied to Beth Holloway’s lawyer, John Q. Kelly, about the whereabouts of her daughter’s remains, US prosecutors said.
FBI agents board the plane with Joran van der Sloot on Thursday, June 8, 2023 in Birmingham, Alabama. The Dutch has been extradited from Peru to the US on charges of extortion in connection with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in 2005. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital)
The alleged extortion took place between March 29, 2010 and May 17, 2010.
JORAN VAN DER SLOT case: FBI LEAVES PERU WITH NATALEE HOLLOWAY SUSPECTED TO BE CHARGED IN US: SOURCE
Dutchman Joran van der Sloot is driven in a police vehicle from the maximum security prison Ancon I, a suburb of Lima, Peru, on Thursday, June 8, 2023. The prime suspect in the unsolved disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway in 2005 in the Caribbean Aruba is expected to be extradited from Peru to the United States on Thursday. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Van der Sloot then traveled to Peru and met Stephany Flores, 21, at a Lima casino owned by her father. Van der Sloot admitted to killing Flores and claimed he killed her on May 30, 2010, in a fit of rage after the 21-year-old discovered he was connected to Natalee Holloway’s disappearance.
JORAN VAN DER SLOT WILL PROBABLY BE TRANSFERRED TO US DESPITE LAST-MINUTE EFFORTS: INTERPOL OFFICIAL
Joran van der Sloot is preparing to leave the airport in Lima, Peru on Thursday, June 8, 2023. (Colonel Carlos López Aeda for Fox News Digital)
The charges were filed by federal prosecutors in 2010, but Peruvian officials did not agree to release Van der Sloot into US custody until May.
He was originally sentenced to 28 years in prison for Flores’ murder, but more time was added due to a drug smuggling scandal involving him while in prison.
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The plane with Joran van der Sloot on board will land in Birmingham, Alabama on Thursday, June 8, 2023. The Dutch has been extradited from Peru to the US on charges of extortion in connection with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in 2005. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital)
Once Van der Sloot’s federal case is concluded, he will head back to Peru to complete his sentence for Flores’ murder. After serving his sentence in Peru, Van der Sloot is subsequently sentenced to an American prison.
Adam Sabes is a writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter @asabes10.
