The Miami Herald reports in this AP article about Martinlelli’s return to Panama.

Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli returned to Panama to face political espionage and embezzlement charges after being extradited from the United States on Monday.

Panama’s Foreign Ministry said that the U.S. turned Martinelli over at Panama City’s international airport after a plane carrying him from Miami landed.

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement that it will be for Panamanian courts to determine Martinelli’s guilt.

Martinelli had been jailed in Miami since his arrest at his home in June 2017.

The 66-year-old Martinelli was Panama’s president from 2009 to 2014. He is accused of embezzlement and illegally monitoring phone calls and other communications.

Nauert said that Martinelli’s extradition followed normal procedures established by the countries’ bilateral extradition treaty. Martinelli had initially contested his extradition in the U.S., but dropped his appeals.

His wife Marta de Martinelli said Monday that he went along with the extradition because he did not feel well.

“He is returning because of a health problem,” she said. “His lawyers are almost certain that he can get bond.”

Martinelli appeared handcuffed in photos shared by Panama’s security ministry and was transported to the Renacer prison, where former strongman Manuel Noriega, who died last year, had been held.