Israeli police arrested a Mexican writer and former diplomat today Andres Roemer, accused of sexual assault by dozens of women and a fugitive from justice in Israel, as well as several extradition requests against him from Mexico.

After his arrest, an Israeli judge will make the final decision on whether to extradite him or not.

Roemer, who lived in Israel for several years and is of Jewish origin, was arrested this morning after the International Department of the Israeli Public Prosecutor’s Office submit a request for his extradition to the Jerusalem District Court, the Israeli Ministry of Justice said in a statement.

This is what the Israeli prosecutor’s office believes. “subject to extradition to Mexico for the crimes of rape attributed to him in the extradition request”and formalized a request “to be detained pending a final decision” on his possible return to Mexico.

Since 2021, Mexico has given Israel a total of five official requests for Roemer’s extradition, charged with aggravated sexual assault and rape.

In February 2021 more than a dozen women broke their silence accusing the writer of sexual assault and inappropriate behavior, and the group Periodistas Unidas Mexicanas (PUM) collected more than 60 complaints.

In 2022, Interpol also published red token for searching and arresting a diplomataccused of meeting his alleged victims at his home under the pretext of work, and then touching them, making advances towards them and finally offering them money.

In previous years Mexico has not received a response from Israel to its extradition requests. and last year he sent a letter to Israeli authorities expressly requesting cooperation, Mexican media reported.

In May 2022, Andres Roemer published a video in which he revealed details of the investigation case and admitted that He received the information “not formally, but through mutual friends.”

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The author published the name and personal photographs of the applicant. as well as information that is part of the complaint against him. He similarly released the image and personal information of another woman who reported him, and that the capital’s prosecutor’s office kept said information confidential in accordance with protocols for protecting victims of sexual assault.

Roemer was Mexico’s ambassador to UNESCO and was removed from his post in 2016 for not following his country’s position and abstain from voting on a resolution submitted by Arab countries on the Esplanade of Mosques (Jewish Temple Mount), located in occupied East Jerusalem.

Israel criticized the resolution and claimed that he denied any connection between the premises (the third holiest site in Islam and the first for Judaism) and Judaism, limiting the text to consideration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque as a place of Muslim worship.

Considering this, Remer’s position was highly praised by the Israeli authorities and Jewish institutions around the world.

He also received recognition from the current Prime Minister of Israel. Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Israeli city of Ramat Gan, which even named a street after him.

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In turn, this has been recognized by world-class Jewish groups such as Simon Wiesenthal Center.

(according to information from EFE And Aristegui News)