PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has granted an interim stay of the extradition committal proceedings involving Opposition Leader, Azruddin Mohamed, and his businessman father, Nazar “Shell” Mohamed, who are wanted in the United States on fraud-related charges.
CCJ President, Justice Winston Anderson, told a case management hearing that the interim stay was being granted “in the interest of justice”.
According to the CCJ order, the interim stay “is granted until the determination of the special leave application and/or the substantive appeal and/or until further order of this Court”.
The CCJ has set April 21 to hear the application by the Mohameds, with Justice Anderson acknowledging the need for extradition cases to be addressed “expeditiously.”
He said that the CCJ could decide on April 21 or “soon after”.
The Mohameds are challenging their extradition to the United States, where they are wanted on several fraud-related charges. They were indicted in the United States in October 2025 on charges including wire/mail fraud, money laundering, and bribery linked to a US$50 million gold smuggling and tax evasion scheme. They were arrested in Guyana in October 2025 following a US extradition request.
They filed an appeal with the CCJ, the country’s highest and final court, challenging a decision by the Guyana Court of Appeal that the Home Affairs Minister, Oneidge Walrond, was merely performing an administrative function in issuing to a Magistrate Court the Authority To Proceed (ATP) to begin their extradition process.
Senior Counsel Fyard Hosein and Roysdale Forde are appearing for the applicants, while Trinidad-based Senior Counsel Douglas Mendes is among the attorneys representing the State.
The extradition committal proceedings were scheduled to resume on April 7 after Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman on Tuesday accepted the medical report of Dr. Kawal Dalip, who had been summoned to appear before her, confirming that he had diagnosed Mohamed with dengue and had issued 12 days’ sick leave.
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