The Court has declared the application in the case of Carvajal Barrios v. Spain inadmissible.

The case concerned the extradition of the applicant to the United States, where he is wanted for drug-smuggling offences. The Court ruled that he had failed to demonstrate that he would be at real risk of being sentenced to life imprisonment without parole if extradited and therefore found the application to be manifestly ill-founded.

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• Factsheet: Extradition and life sentences