{
  "id": 11393162,
  "title": "Ecuador Has 40 Days to Seek Extradition of Blackout Suspect Freed in Spain",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/ecuador-has-40-days-to-seek-extradition-of-blackout-suspect-freed-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T08:01:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/ecuador-progen-case-manrique-released-spain-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Spanish judge released José Walther Manrique, a suspect in Ecuador’s Progen blackout-contracts case, a day after his Interpol arrest. Ecuador now has 40 days to file a formal extradition request, and his pending asylum claim blocks any handover. The post Ecuador Has 40 Days to Seek Extradition of Blackout Suspect Freed in Spain appeared first on The Rio Times .",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}