An alleged former Croatian concentration camp guard will be extradited from Argentina to Croatia on Wednesday to join her husband, who is also facing charges of involvement in atrocities during World War II, according to Croatian officials. Esperanza Sakic is alleged to have been a guard in the women’s section of the Jasenovic concentration camp, which was run by her husband during the war.
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