The US Drug Enforcement Administration plane with the former president of Honduras, guarded and handcuffed, took off from Tegucigalpa at 14:27 local time (23:27 Greek time).
The Honduran Supreme Court approved last month the extradition of Hernandez to the United States, where he will stand trial on drug-related charges and possession of firearms.
Juan Orlando Hernandez surrendered in late January, after eight years, and was arrested in mid-February, following a request for extradition from a New York federal court that wanted to try him for “conspiracy” to More than 500 tonnes of cocaine have been smuggled into the United States. Mr Hernandez also allegedly received millions of dollars in bribes from drug-trafficking gangs operating in Honduras, Mexico and other countries. – this is exactly what was already imposed on his brother, Juan Antonio “Tony” Hernandez, former MP, in March 2021, by a US court.
The former president of the right was self-proclaimed during the two terms viruses as a major pursuer of drug traffickers. He asserted that his confession had been obtained through torture and that his confession had been obtained through torture.
