Ex-Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez due in US court to face drug, weapons charges
By MARLON GONZÁLEZ and MICHAEL BALSAMO
Friday, April 22, 2022 12:25PM
HONDURAS -- Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was expected to make a virtual appearance in federal court in New York on Friday to face drug trafficking and weapons charges after he was arrested in Honduras and extradited overnight to the United States.
Hernandez boarded an airplane in Honduras with agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday, just three months after leaving office.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland accused Hernandez of abusing his position as president of Honduras "to operate the country as a narco-state."
Hernandez, who served as president of the Central American nation from 2014 through 2022, was charged in court documents with participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices.
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