Chile's modern US extradition chapter is the treaty signed in 2013 and brought into force around 2016 - replacing antique assumptions with contemporary dual-criminality practice. Nationality is not a refusal ground under that modern posture. The Corte Suprema sits at the center of judicial approval before surrender, and paperwork defects still matter there. White-collar, tax, and cyber packages aimed at SDNY or California often underestimate how seriously Chilean judges still read the papers. Spodek Law Group P.C. coordinates Santiago counsel and US trial defense from day one so consent does not erase leverage. Risk-free consultation. Call 212 300 5196 - attorney on call, 24/7.
2013 treaty, ~2016 in force - update every outdated memo.
Chile and the United States modernized extradition in a treaty signed in 2013 and in force around 2016, replacing early 1900s arrangements. Nationality refusal ended. Dual criminality broadened. If your file still contains talking points from the old era, trash them. Spodek Law Group P.C. briefs from the live treaty and Corte Suprema-centered Chilean procedure, then builds US federal defense in parallel. Loyalty to only YOU - not recycled internet summaries from the wrong decade.
No nationality refusal - Chilean citizenship is not a shield.
Under the modern Chile-US treaty, Chilean citizenship is not a refusal ground. Families still hear citizenship myths and delay hiring counsel. Other defenses remain - dual criminality, specialty, death-penalty conditions, documentary defects - but nationality comfort is not one of them. We say that plainly on day one so strategy focuses on what Chilean courts and US charging actually allow. Unlike mills that tell clients what they want to hear, we tell you what the treaty does.
Corte Suprema approval is the hinge - treat it like trial prep.
Chilean Supreme Court judicial approval is required before surrender. That is not a rubber stamp for US Affidavits. Translation quality, offense matching, and proportionality themes can move outcomes. Many firms treat Santiago as a layover. We treat Corte Suprema practice as a merits fight that also shapes later US specialty limits.
Tax, fraud, and cyber theories need Chilean analogs.
US packages aimed at Chile increasingly include tax fraud, wire fraud, cyber-enabled schemes, and financial conspiracies. Modern dual criminality helps some of those theories travel - and still requires precise Chilean analogs. Overbroad computer-fraud wrappers and inflated loss numbers belong in cross-examination of the package, not in passive acceptance. We fight that mapping in Chile while preparing the American trial file so arrival in a US district is not day one of your real defense.
Waiving Corte Suprema review hands prosecutors the clean arrival they want.
Consent shortens pain and deletes leverage. White-collar defendants especially feel pressure to appear cooperative before they have suppression themes or negotiation posture. Todd Spodek and our team prepare the American case while Chilean remedies remain live - without inventing victories, and without mills that push volume waivers. Ask us anything on a risk-free first call.
