Peru reportedly evaluating US request to extradite Van der Sloot
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A lawyer for Joran van der Sloot says Peru is evaluating a request by the United States to extradite the jailed Dutchman, who is the main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba.
Van der Sloot is serving a 28-year sentence in Peru for killing a woman he met in a Lima casino.
The 24-year-old also faces extortion charges in Alabama for allegedly receiving $25,000 from Holloway's mother to tell her where to find the remains of her daughter, who was 18 when she disappeared while on vacation.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Attorney Maximo Altez said Monday the U.S. extradition request "is in the process of being evaluated" by Peruvian authorities.
The lawyer says his client fears extradition because U.S. prisons have a reputation for being "very hard" on inmates.