September 17, 2009, U.S. District Judge James M. Munley delayed Smith's extradition back to Peru after public defender James Wade filed an emergency petition for a writ of habeas corpus. However, Judge Munley denied the appeal on October 23, 2009. On August 12, 2010, Smith was extradited via Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport at Atlanta, Georgia to Jorge Chávez International Airport near Lima, Peru on Delta Air Lines flight 151 while escorted by Interpol agents. After a medical examination and a visit by a representative of the U.S. embassy, Smith was transported under heavy security while wearing a bulletproof vest. A news reporter observed that Smith appeared emaciated. Incarceration and media coverage Smith has been called "El Asesino de la Maleta" ("The Suitcase Murderer") by the Peruvian media. He was held at Miguel Castro Castro prison in San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima while awaiting trial. He was placed in protective custody in a separate wing away from the general prison population. On August 23, 2010, the Office of Internal Affairs began administrative and disciplinary action when Peruvian television network América Televisión aired a picture of Smith and three other inmates that had been taken with official photographic equipment at Miguel Castro Castro prison. The photo included Smith, Colombian hitman Hugo Trujillo Ospina, accused of the contract killing of Peruvian entrepreneur Myriam Fefer, and Dutch suspect Joran van der Sloot, accused of robbing and killing Stephany Tatiana Flores Ramírez. Smith and Van der Sloot have been referred to by local media as "the foreigners accused of the most talked-about assassinations in our country." Prosecution and sentence Prosecutor Rafael Aguero Pinto sought prison terms of eight years for boat captain Justo Solano, 15 years for alleged accomplice Mónica Muñoz Pereda, and the maximum sentence of 35 years for Smith. There is no death penalty in Peru for civilian criminal cases. On May 19, 2011, Smith pleaded guilty to the murder of his wife. On May 23, he was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Smith has appealed his sentence. In October 2011 both the boat captain Justo Solano and the alleged accomplice Mónica Muñoz Pereda were found innocent in a Peruvian courtroom. See also Peru – United States relations References External links The Mystery of the Butterfly - William Trickett Smith Jr. timeline William Trickett Smith, II v. Michael J. Regan, U.S. Marshal – U.S. District Court of Middle Pennsylvania (October 22, 2009) Living