10/10/2011 19:20
Spain plans to hand over Hosni Mubarak to Egyptian authorities
Spain plans to hand over a close ally of Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak to Egyptian authorities to face corruption charges, Egyptian state television on Monday quoted Spain's foreign minister as saying, the Reuters reports.
Businessman Hussein Salem fled Egypt after the uprising against Mubarak but was detained in Spain on an international arrest warrant.
"We are in the phase of receiving the documentation for the extradition hearing," one of the judges at the court that is handling the case told Reuters in Madrid.
The judge said the extradition process will still take time and that the court must rule before the government can hand Salem back to Egypt, the sources report.