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Mr Ozorio will be handed over to Argentine police soon, while Mr Valverde, who is a Peruvian citizen, will stay in jail in Peru for now pending an extradition request by Argentina.

The man's lawyer said he had been detained in the early hours of Tuesday and told Reuters news agency his extradition to Germany would be challenged as the war in Ukraine made the warrant inadmissible.

Singapore has an extradition treaty with Hong Kong.

The London-based human rights lawyer said the UK had historically declined extraditions to the Emirates due to the risk of human rights violations, unfair trials, discrimination and torture.

According to recorded phone calls, La Familia’s leaders feared extradition and wanted the Mexican Mafia to protect them if they ended up in U.S. prisons.