Meanwhile, Mexican authorities have begun the process of formally extraditing El Chapo to the United States a nod to the virtual impossibility of guarding against the man's money and influence.
On Thursday, a man who was in the process of being extradited to the United States for drug trafficking received help in escaping from a hospital in Chihuahua State, where he was undergoing medical treatment under police guard.
While the bureaucratic process has unfolded slowly, Russian officials, including President Vladimir V. Putin, have made clear that they have no intention of extraditing him to the United States — a position that has infuriated the Obama administration.
There was talk of extraditing him.
Mr Uribe has been an enthusiastic supporter of extraditing drug traffickers to the United States.
Unlike British judges, Mr Straw will have to weigh the consequences for Chile of extraditing the general to Spain.
Julian Huppert (@julianhuppert) Very brave of Alan Johnson to speak out in favour of extraditing Gary McKinnon.
"We started the process to extradite him," said Joel Bennett, an assistant district attorney in Galveston County.
It was not until the 1970s that he was identified as being involved in the extermination process, extradited to Israel and put on trial – although at the time, he was accused of being "Ivan the Terrible", a notoriously vicious guard at Treblinka.
As a result, he has not left the Russian Federation since November 2006, for fear of being extradited and put on trial.
