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Peru to extradite suspect in Alabama teen murder case within days, Interpol says

FILE PHOTO: Dutch citizen Joran Van der Sloot (C) enters the courtroom in the Lurigancho prison in Lima January 6, 2012. Van der Sloot went on trial on Friday for killing Stephany Flores in 2010, five years to the day after a U.S. teenager vanished on the island of Aruba after spending time with him. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

A convicted killer imprisoned in Peru will be extradited within days to the U.S., where he faces extortion and fraud charges related to the disappearance and murder of an Alabama teenager nearly two decades ago, Interpol's local head said on Monday.

The extradition is the latest twist in the mystery surrounding the fate of Natalee Holloway, an 18-year-old from suburban Birmingham who vanished during a high school graduation trip to the Caribbean island of Aruba in May 2005.

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