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Matter of Extradition of Lalama Gomez

Certification of Extradition to Ecuador Is Explained; Victim's Statements Corroborated

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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER The United States of America (the “Government”), fulfilling its treaty obligation to the Republic of Ecuador (“Ecuador”), filed a complaint on July 10, 2024, requesting that Mario Enrique Lalama Gomez (“Lalama Gomez”) be detained and extradited. (Complaint (“Compl.”), ECF No. 1.) A hearing was held on October 8, 2024, and the parties’ arguments have been considered. (See October 8, 2024 ECF Minute Entry; Lalama Gomez’s motion and reply [ECF Nos. 17, 20]; Government’s motion and reply [ECF Nos. 16, 18].) For the reasons discussed herein, the Court finds that Lalama Gomez is extraditable. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY The Complaint alleges as follows: “On or about November 14, 2017, Ecuadorian authorities received a letter from a school in Ecuador, reporting that one of their students, F.G.J.A. (the Victim), who was then 10 years old, was the victim of sexual violence by [Lalama Gomez], who was the former partner of the Victim’s mother, M.G.A.M. (the ‘Victim’s Mother’).” (Compl., ECF No. 1, 6.) According to the Complaint, “[t]he Victim told the employees that from approximately August 2016 through September 2017, while the Victim and the Victim’s mother lived with [Lalama Gomez], [he] entered the Victim’s room at night to obscenely touch her private parts, her breasts, and her vagina.” (Id. 6a.) The Complaint further alleges that Lalama Gomez threatened to kill the Victim’s mother and brother if she ever told anyone about the abuse. (Id.

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