Ibiza arrest: millionaire fights US extradition

A US millionaire arrested in Ibiza, Spain, faces extradition: Fergie Chambers tells a Madrid court on Friday, 13 November 2026, that he has never funded terrorism. He has been held at Aranjuez prison in the Madrid region since his arrest in July under a US international arrest warrant.

The United States accuses Chambers of an alleged conspiracy to promote riots and international money laundering. Its authorities also suspect him of financing terrorism. Spain’s National Court, the Audiencia Nacional, is considering the US extradition request.

Where Chambers says the money went

Chambers says his foundation supported Palestinian aid groups providing medical care for children, food, drinking water and transport to safe areas. He also says he paid four million dollars to Club Africain, a football club in Tunisia, to cover debts and support its youth and women’s teams. He denies that the money funded terrorism.

He told the court he visited the Iranian embassy in Tunisia once to ask about a tourist visa, but never spoke to an Iranian official.

Protests and the case against him

Chambers says he took part in two US protests outside sites belonging to Israeli arms company Elbit Systems. He says he blocked entrances but caused no damage, and paid bail for several people arrested at the protests.

The prosecutor rejects Chambers’s claim that the case is politically motivated. He argues that money transfers were intended to promote unlawful and violent activities that would have benefited Hamas. The National Court is expected to decide on extradition in the coming days.

Topics: Court cases

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com