<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The family of imprisoned former </span><a href="https://9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="" title="US"><span>US</span></a><span> Marine Corps pilot and </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/australia" rel="" target="" title="Australian"><span>Australian</span></a><span> citizen Daniel Duggan has made a fresh plea for his release 1000 days after he was locked up.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 55-year-old is being held in a maximum security prison in Bathurst, NSW while awaiting extradition to the US.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Duggan was arrested in Australia in October 2022 on US orders, </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/daniel-duggan-ex-us-fighter-pilot-accused-of-training-chinese-military-to-be-extradited-within-weeks/8aa7addf-397d-42f6-bafb-d3f28cba6312" rel="" target="_blank" title="accused of breaching arms trafficking laws"><span>accused of breaching arms trafficking laws</span></a><span> by providing military training to Chinese pilots in South Africa between 2010 and 2012.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-diagnosed-with-chronic-venous-insufficiency/0b3c5e8c-7e0f-4b0a-bd79-805bbe347806" target="_blank"><strong><span>Trump diagnosed with blood condition after troubling find</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was allegedly paid $100,000 for his services.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Duggan has repeatedly denied the accusations.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His wife Saffrine Duggan has called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Attorney-General Michelle Rowland to release her husband.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/family-of-imprisoned-pilot-daniel-duggan-makes-plea-for-his-release/f8580418-9276-41cc-be22-f47cbe14e848" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Today my husband and Aussie citizen Dan Duggan has now been locked up in maximum security for 1000 days, with no Australian charges, awaiting extradition to the United States," she said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Surely that can't stand in a free, sovereign Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Please Prime Minister and Attorney General, enough is enough. You need to help your fellow Aussies."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/continuous-glucose-monitor-subsidy-type-2-diabetes-exclusive/6ef11a04-9a0f-4e1a-bf88-fefb90101259" target="_blank"><strong><span>Dyan is forced to choose between her health and paying rent</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Saffrine also thanked the thousands of Australians who continue to have hope by showing their support.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Duggan's legal team sent a comprehensive 89-page submission to the former Attorney-General in August last year, however he approved Duggan's extradition in December.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The legal team intends to fight the extradition in the Federal Court, with a date set in August.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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