MEMORANDUM AND ORDER The United States of America (the “government”), fulfilling its treaty obligation to the Republic of Ecuador (“Ecuador”), filed a complaint on March 9, 2022, requesting that Jhon Darwin Leon Heras (“Relator” or “Leon Heras”) be detained and extradited. (See Complaint (“Compl.”), ECF No. 1.) Following an extradition hearing, the Court concludes that the extradition of Jhon Darwin Leon Heras is warranted. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY The complaint in support of extradition alleges that: “On or about the evening of October 12, 2014, []or early morning of October 13, 2014, Leon Heras and Cristian Marcelo Sarmiento Heras (‘Sarmiento Heras’) were at a late-night party with Juan Carlos Heras Cedeño (‘Heras Cedeño’), Jorge Javier Urgilés Paredes (‘Urgilés Paredes’), and others.” (Compl., ECF No. 1, 6(a).) “After the party ended, the four men went to Heras Cedeño’s home and [a] nearby area to continue drinking.” (Id.) It is further alleged that, at about 1 a.m., a fight ensued, and that Leon Heras and Sarmiento Heras killed Heras Cedeño and Urgilés Paredes. (Id.) (See Extradition Request, ECF No. 1-3,1 at 90 (statement of Claudio Bolívar Rivera Heras discussing returning from the festival); id., ECF No. 1-2, at 55 (alleging that the murders occurred at approximately 1 a.m.).) Sarmiento Heras, Heras Cedeño, and Urgilés Paredes are referred to herein as “Sarmiento,” “Cedeño,” and “Paredes.” As set forth in more detail below, various witnesses informed the authorities in Ecuador that, on the night of the murders, they heard an argument between the four men, and at least one witness heard Leon Heras direct Sarmiento to bring a machete. (Extradition Request, ECF No. 1-3, at 87 (witness statement of Erika Rocío Ochoa Heras).) Another witness, Luis Rigoberto Correa Garcia (“Luis”),2 who lived approximately 150 meters from where the bodies of Cedeño and Paredes were found, testified that Paredes arrived to his home at approximately 1 a.m. asking for help because Sarmiento and Leon Heras “were mortally assaulting” Cedeño. (Supplement, ECF No. 19-1, at 46 (summary of testimony of Luis at Sarmiento’s trial).) Believing Paredes to be drunk, Luis did not believe what Paredes was saying to be important, and Paredes then left in the direction from which he had come. (Id.) The following morning, Paredes’s body was found in a ravine in some bushes, partially submerged in a puddle; Cedeño’s body was approximately 50 meters away, near the ravine. (Extradition Request, ECF No. 1-2, at 96, 98; ECF No. 1-3, at 10.) Both men had been killed as a result of multiple strikes with bladed weapons and blunt objects. (See Extradition Request, ECF No. 1-3, at 16 (autopsy report for Cedeño); id. at 25 (autopsy report for Paredes).) On October 15, 2014, an Ecuadorian judge issued a warrant for Leon Heras’s arrest for the crime of murder as described in Article 140, subsections 4, 6, and 7 of Ecuador’s Comprehensive Organic Penal Code. (Compl., ECF No. 1,
