CCJ to Hand Down Ruling in Extradition Case Involving Opposition Leader Azruddin MOhamed
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) says it will on Wednesday this week deliver its judgment in the appeal of the Guyana Opposition Leader, Azruddin Mohamed and his businessman father, Nazar Mohamed regarding his extradition to the United States where he is wanted on several fraud related matters.
Opposition Leader, Azruddin Mohamed and his businessman father, Nazar Mohamed (File Photo)The CCJ, which is Guyana’s highest and final court, said that the ruling will be handed down at 2.00 pm (local time).
On October 30, 2025, the United States government submitted a request to Guyana seeking the extradition of the Mohameds to face an 11-count criminal indictment, including allegations of conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, and money laundering.
Following receipt of the request, the Minister of Home Affairs of Guyana issued an Authority to Proceed under the Fugitive Offenders Act. On 31 October 2025, Magistrate Judy Latchman issued arrest warrants, formally commencing extradition proceedings in the Court of Committal, which remain ongoing.
But in December 2025, the Mohameds initiated judicial review proceedings against the Minister of Home Affairs, the Attorney General and the Magistrate, challenging the validity of the Authority to Proceed and seeking a stay of the extradition process.
Their claim was dismissed by the High Court on 4 February 2026 and by the Court of Appeal on 17 March 2026. The applicants are now seeking special leave to appeal to the Caribbean CCJ.
While the High Court and the Court of Appeal refused to stay the extradition proceedings, at a case management conference held on 25 March 2026, the CCJ granted an interim stay of the extradition proceedings pending the determination of the application for special leave.
The CCJ also fixed the special leave application for hearing via video conference on April 21, this year and ordered, among other things, that the hearing of the application for special leave be treated as the hearing of the substantive appeal.
