According to the American authorities, Juan Orlando Hernandez “protected drug traffickers from investigations (avoiding their) arrest and extradition”, in exchange for these bribes.
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He must be tried for drug trafficking. Honduran justice gave the green light on Wednesday March 16 to the extradition of former President Juan Orlando Hernandez (2014-2022) to the United States, the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) announced on Twitter. Honduras.
This decision is subject to appeal within the next three days, said a spokesman for the judiciary. In this case, it would be the Supreme Court sitting in plenary session that would have the last word.
Under the terms of the extradition request, American justice wants to try the former head of state in particular for “conspiracy” to import drugs into the United States and “possession of firearms, including submachine guns and equipment of destruction to aid in the conspiracy to import narcotics”.
Also according to the extradition request, Juan Orlando Hernandez “participated (from 2004 to 2022) in the violent drug trafficking conspiracy for the receipt of many tons of cocaine sent to Honduras from Colombia and Venezuela, among others, by air or sea”.
According to US prosecutors in charge of the case in New York, the former head of state of Honduras received millions of dollars from various drug trafficking organizations in Honduras, Mexico, and other countries.
In exchange for these bribes, Juan Orlando Hernandez “protected drug traffickers from investigation (avoiding their) arrest and extradition”, assure the American authorities. In 2013, Juan Orlando “Hernández accepted about a million dollars from the drug trafficker Joaquin Guzmán Loera, alias El Chapo”they add.