Honduras ex-president to be extradited to US next week: Official
Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was president from 2014 until January, is wanted on drug trafficking and weapons charges.
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was arrested in mid-February on a US extradition request [File: Andy Buchanan/Pool via Reuters]
Published On 13 Apr 2022
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez will be extradited to the United States next week, the country’s security minister has said, after Honduras’s highest court last month cleared the way for Hernandez to face drug trafficking and weapons charges in the US.
“The extradition will happen next week,” Security Minister Ruben Sabillon told news channel HCH on Wednesday, as reported by the Reuters news agency.
“We have to get in touch with US authorities for his surrender.”
The Honduran Supreme Court on March 28 rejected an appeal from Hernandez to stop the extradition. He served as president from 2014 until earlier this year and was arrested in the capital Tegucigalpa in mid-February.
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