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Morocco Releases Younes El Ballouti After One-Year Forged-Document Sentence
Belgian media report that Moroccan-Belgian national Younes El Ballouti, known as “El Magico,” was released after serving a reduced sentence for possessing a forged travel document.
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Moroccan authorities reportedly released Younes El Ballouti, known as “El Magico,” after he served a one-year prison sentence for possessing a forged travel document, according to Belgian media outlet Het Laatste Nieuws.
El Ballouti was reportedly arrested in Tangier last year with a fake passport. Belgian authorities had wanted him and had sentenced him to 20 years in prison over drug-trafficking and related offences.
The Moroccan-Belgian national was reportedly released last week from a prison in Casablanca after his sentence was reduced on appeal from five years to one. Belgian authorities had also referred his case to Moroccan prosecutors, but the supplied report says Morocco does not extradite its citizens.
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