Juan Orlando Hernández, the previous president of Honduras, is to be extradited to the U.S. Thursday morning, the federal government of Honduras introduced in a press launch late Wednesday night time, in line with TV Azteca Honduras. U.S. sources verify the extradition is scheduled.
Hernández, the discharge says, will likely be extradited Thursday at 9 a.m. ET from Hernan Acosta Mejia airbase. He’ll then be delivered to New York by authorities to face weapons and drug trafficking fees, in line with a senior U.S. official. Honduras’ highest courtroom cleared the way in which final month for Hernández to be despatched to the united statesafter, rejecting Hernández’s enchantment to cease the extradition.
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Hernández was president from 2014 till his second time period concluded in January. He was arrested in Honduras’ capital metropolis of Tegucigalpa in February.
U.S. prosecutors within the Southern District of New York are anticipated to unseal an indictment in opposition to him this week. In recent times, they’ve accused Hernández of funding his political rise with earnings from drug traffickers in alternate for shielding their shipments. He has vehemently denied any wrongdoing.
Hernández has insisted that statements in opposition to him have been made by drug traffickers extradited by his authorities who wished revenge.
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This can be very uncommon for a former head of state to be extradited to a different nation to face prosecution for drug and weapons trafficking. On this case, Hernández was the chief of a rustic whose residents have been fleeing en masse to the U.S. due partly to this very kind of corruption. Honduras can also be a serious recipient of U.S. help – over the previous 20 years, the U.S. has given extra help to Honduras — $125 million — than some other nation.
