GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The medical practitioner who examined Opposition Leader, Azruddin Mohamed, who was unable to attend court proceedings, is expected to be questioned by a senior magistrate later on Tuesday.
Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman, who is hearing the extradition matter involving Mohamed and his businessman father, Nazar “Shell” Mohamed, has summoned the medical practitioner to appear in court at 1.00 pm (local time).
Earlier, defence attorney Rosydale Forde told the court that his client had been diagnosed with dengue fever and that the “doctor has indicated in the medical that he requires 12 days of rest.
He said Mohamed had fallen ill on Monday, sought medical attention, and underwent examinations and lab tests, which reportedly confirmed a diagnosis of dengue.
Magistrate Latchman asked whether Mohamed was in a physical and mental state to attend court via Zoom, to which the attorney replied that it was not possible because his client was having a fever, chills, a “massive headache”, and that the medicine had caused him to be “drowsy and incoherent.”
“Based on the information received and the conversation that I had with him, he is not in such a position,” Forde said.
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.
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will on Wednesday conduct a case management after the Mohameds filed an appeal with 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.
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