Natalee Holloway suspect Joran van der Sloot entered an Alabama courtroom smiling Friday.
Joran van der Sloot is shown at Peru airport with authorities before heading to the United States. pleaded not guilty in federal court during a Friday morning arraignment hearing on extortion charges, entering court with a smile as he faces extortion and wire fraud charges in connection with the 2005 disappearance of Alabama 18-year-old Natalee Holloway.
The Dutch national, who was convicted of murder in connection with a Peruvian business student's death in 2010, landed in Birmingham, Alabama, on Thursday afternoon after being taken from Lima, Peru, with agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. While van der Sloot was charged in 2010, the Peruvian government wouldn't agree to allow him to face charges in America until recently, when the government approved the temporary transfer of custody, arguing in part that he should go to trial before witnesses got too old.
FILE-Beth Holloway participates in the launch of the Natalee Holloway Resource Center on June 8, 2010 in Washington, D.C.
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