Police transfer Chilean man for France extradition

A Chilean man accused of murdering a Japanese student in France was taken to Santiago's airport Wednesday night to be turned over to French authorities for a flight to Paris.

Nicolas Zepeda, 29, h been under house arrest at his mor’s apartment in resort of Viña del Mar, 120 kilometres (75 miles) rthwest of Santiago, since Chilean Supreme Court approved his extrition in May.

He is charged in France with premeditated murder in alleged 2016 slaying of Narumi Kurosaki, 21, whose body was never found.

Judge Jorge Dahm Oyarzún, who presided over proceedings against Zepeda, said in an email to Associated Press that he h lifted house arrest order and instructed police to allow Intepol officers to transfer defendant to airport.

Zepeda was to be turned over to French officials Thursday on a plane bound for Paris.

Kurosaki disappeared in early hours of Dec. 5, 2016, from her apartment in France. Zepeda returned to Chile before her disappearance was investigated.

During court proceedings in Chile, Zepeda ackwledged that he h visited Kurosaki at her apartment on night she disappeared, even though ir romantic relationship h ended.

He said y h consensual sex.